Discussion
Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
- Diagnosis
- Thymic atypical carcinoid
- Radiologic Findings
- Fig. 1-2 Chest PA/Lat shows well-demarcated large mass at anterior mediastinum.
Fig. 3-4 Chest CT with enhancement shows diffuse enhancing mass with multifocal internal low attenuated foci at anterior mediastinum.
Fig. 5-7 Chest MRI shows heterogeneous high signal intensity on T2WI, iso signal intensity on T1WI, diffuse enhancement on post-enhancement T1WI with foci of low signal intensity inside.
- Brief Review
- Thymic neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are rare, constituting approximately 2
- References
- Shimamoto A, Ashizawa K, Kido Y, Hayashi H, Nagayasu T, Kawakami A, et al. CT and MRI findings of thymic carcinoid. Br J Radiol. 2017;90:20150341.
- Please refer to
- Case 421
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- Keywords
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Mediastinum, Thymic Carcinoid,