Connective tissue disorders such as Marfan’s syndrome, Turner’s syndrome ... Chest x-ray can show mediastinal widening and/or an abnormal aortic contour. Computed tomography (CT) is the ...

Congenital cardiovascular defects, such as bicuspid aortic valve, and certain genetic syndromes ... pulse deficits, and a widened mediastinum on chest radiography are more common in men.

Panel B is a chest radiograph of a patient with anthrax, showing mediastinal widening and pleural ... with the early phase of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (Figure 1B); in addition ...