Discussion
Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
- Diagnosis
- Thymoma, type B3 (Well differenciated thymic carcinoma) invading SVC
- Radiologic Findings
- Radiological finding: chest radiogphy shows bulging of the right upper mediastinal contour. Enhanced CT show filling defect in the left brachiocephalic vein extending into the SVC. A soft tissue separate from the occluded vein is noted in the anterior mediastinum. Multiple collateral veins are also shown in the chest wall.
Angiography confirms the filling defect in the left brachiocephalic vein and SVC.
- Brief Review
- Please refer to
Case 139, Case 241, Case 264, Case 334, Case 453, -
- References
- Keywords
- Mediastinum, Malignant tumor,