A suprasternal approach to the mediastinum using real-time ultrasonography. Echoanatomical correlations.

This work was undertaken in order to define the potential capabilities of real-time echography for the exploration of the mediastinum by a suprasternal approach. We present the results of a comparative study between anatomical frontal oblique sections of the mediastinum and echographic slices performed along the same planes from the suprasternal fossa. From these data, it seems possible to enlarge the applications of echography in the study of mediastinal pathology.

[Echographic study of the normal adrenal gland during development and in the adult].

An echographic study of the normal adrenal glands is realized on normal out patients, and anatomic slices. A comparison is made between echographic and anatomic images. This study demonstrates the image of the normal adrenal gland in the fetus, newborn and adult, and reveals a different echo pattern in the cortex (sonolucent) and the medulla (echogenic).