Phrenomediastinal echinococcosis.
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.
Gupta
R K
RK
Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
Kakkar
A K
AK
Bhagat
R
R
Pant
K
K
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