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Thymoma

Case contributed by: Dr Bruno Di Muzio

Presentation:

Mediastinal mass on chest radiograph.

Patient Data:

Age: 72
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian
From the case: Thymoma

Routine Chest X-Ray

Modality: X-ray

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Partially delineated mediastinal mass (anterior mediastinum) with regular borders, bulging the left upper mediastinal contour.

From the case: Thymoma

Chest CT

Modality: CT

C+ portal venous phase

Case Discussion:

This is the most common anterior mediastinal tumor in adults, usually detected between the sixth and seventh decades of life. 

Most thymomas are asymptomatic. 

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