title: Phrenomediastinal echinococcosis.
abstract: A patient with the rare presentation of posterior mediastinal echinococcosis is reported. Magnetic resonance imaging (MR) demonstrated the extension of a primary retroperitoneal cyst into the posterior mediastinum which was subsequently confirmed surgically to be of echinococcal origin. Such a case of phrenomediastinal echinococcosis has been described only once before in literature.
authors: Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
authors: R K
authors: RK
authors: Gupta
authors: A K
authors: AK
authors: Kakkar
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Bhagat
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Pant
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology