Thymoma chest x ray
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amr Marawan, M.D. [2]
Overview
Computed Tomography is the radiologic modality of choice to diagnose and evaluate thymoma, near of half the patients were asymptomatic and get thymoma diagnosed during a routine chest x-ray.
Chest X Ray
Chest x-ray: An x-ray test is a basic test for thymoma. It may go through the chest and make a picture of areas inside the body.
Features of X-ray
- Oval to rounded, well demarctated asymmetric homogeneous mass of soft tissue density and usually on one side of the midline.
- Wide mediastinum.
- displacement of heart and/or great vessels posteriorly.
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AP CXR, 50 year old male, demonstrating a large right sided mediastinal mass, with patchy areas of calcification. Histologically proven to be a thymoma -
Lateral viewCXR, 50 year old male, demonstrating a large right sided mediastinal mass, with patchy areas of calcification. Histologically proven to be a thymoma -
AP CXR, Invasive thymoma with pleural metastasis -
Lateral CXR, Invasive thymoma with pleural metastasis -
AP CXR, demonstrates a soft tissue density projecting to the left of the mediastinum, thymoma -
AP CXR, Partially delineated mediastinal mass (anterior mediastinum) with regular borders, bulging the left upper mediastinal contour -
Lateral CXR, Partially delineated mediastinal mass (anterior mediastinum) with regular borders, bulging the left upper mediastinal contour
