Weekly Chest CasesArchive of Old Cases

Case No : 504 Date 2007-06-25

  • Courtesy of Jin Hur, MD, Tae Hoon Kim, MD, Sang Jin Kim, MD. / Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea
  • Age/Sex 67 / M
  • Chief ComplaintChest pain
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Diagnosis With Brief Discussion

Diagnosis
Thymic carcinoid tumor (atypical)
Radiologic Findings
Chest radiograph reveals well-defined mass in the mediastinum with obliteration of the right heart border.
Contrast-enhanced CT scans (mediastinal windowing) reveal right anterior mediastinal mass with heterogenous enhancement. Cystic area is demonstrated within the mass. Focal obliteration of the fat plane is seen between the mass and the right atrium with pericardial thickening.
Brief Review
Please refer to
Case 70, Case 85, Case 397,
References
Keywords
Mediastinum, Malignant tumor,

No. of Applicants : 51

▶ Correct Answer : 1/51,  2.0%
  • - China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan Jun-Jun Yeh
▶ Correct Answer as Differential Diagnosis : 7/51,  13.7%
  • - NUH, nottingham, UK Rohit Kochhar
  • - Homs National Hospital, Homs - Syria Rami Abou Zalaf
  • - EKH-Berlin, Germany Michael Weber
  • - Annecy Hospital, France Olivier SEGALL
  • - Annemasse, Polyclinique De Savoie, France Gay-Depassier Philippe
  • - Doctors Hospital, Nassau, Bahamas N.B.S.Mani
  • - Ultracare Coimbatore, India Debabrata Das
▶ Semi-Correct Answer : 26/51,  51.0%
  • - Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Korea Bae Geun Oh
  • - Diagnostic centre, Bheemavaram,A P, India. Harsha vardhan
  • - Mumbai , India Rahul B Deshmukh
  • - IRSA La Rochelle, France Jean-Luc BIGOT
  • - IRSA, La Rochelle, France Denis Chabassiere
  • - Regional Imaging Riverina, Australia Rashid Hashmi
  • - Balabhai Nanavati hospital, mumbai, India Susheel Kumar
  • - Asan Medical Center, Korea Eun Jin Chae
  • - Diagnostics, Sunder Lal Jain Hospital, New Delhi, India Sanjeev Kumar Vachher
  • - Dept. of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India Ram Prakash Galwa
  • - Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Korea Eil Seong Lee
  • - Kazipet, Warangal, AP, India Pavankumar Vodithala
  • - Yongsan Hospital, College of Medicine Chung-Ang University, Korea Jae Seung Seo
  • - Hospital Sao Paulo, Brazil Israel Missrie
  • - Hospital Sotiria, Athens, Greece Vasilios Tzilas
  • - Annecy hospital, France Gilles Genin
  • - Armidale Radiology, Australia Saurabh Khandelwal
  • - Zulekha Hospital, Dubai, Australia Julie Arora
  • - Saint-etienne, France Antoine Marie
  • - National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Chin Chung Shu
  • - Samsung Medical Center, Korea Chin A Yi
  • - Vital imaging centre, Mumbai, India Ganesh Agrawal
  • - KAUMS, Kashan, Iran Ebrahim Razi
  • - S S G Hospital, Medical College, Vadodara (GUJ), India M P Swami
  • - Max Hospital, New Delhi, India Vickrant Malhotra
  • - Aims, New Delhi, India Ashish Gupta
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