Parker Ellen E, Glastonbury Christine M
Division of Neuroradiology, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, L 358, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, USA.
Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2008 May;16(2):341-53, x. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2008.02.018.
The thoracic inlet serves as the junction between the neck and the chest. As such, it is sometimes considered a sort of "no-man's-land" between the well-defined and comfortable territories of the thoracic radiologist and that of the head and neck radiologist. Crucial digestive, respiratory, vascular, lymphatic, and neural structures traverse the thoracic inlet. Endocrine structures also are in close proximity to, and sometimes extend into, the thoracic inlet. Familiarity with the normal anatomy of the thoracic inlet on routine chest or neck imaging, and on dedicated high-resolution examinations of such areas as the brachial plexus, is critical for detection and characterization of pathologic conditions.
胸廓入口是颈部与胸部的交界处。因此，它有时被认为是胸部放射科医生和头颈放射科医生所熟悉且舒适的领域之间的一种“无人区”。重要的消化、呼吸、血管、淋巴和神经结构穿过胸廓入口。内分泌结构也紧邻胸廓入口，有时还会延伸至胸廓入口内。熟悉常规胸部或颈部影像上胸廓入口的正常解剖结构，以及对臂丛等区域进行的专门高分辨率检查，对于检测和鉴别病理状况至关重要。
