title: Fat-fluid level in pleural effusion as a complication of a mediastinal dermoid: CT characteristics.
abstract: The CT findings in a 24-year-old woman with acute chest symptoms revealed excess mediastinal soft tissue and a fat-containing cavity. A fat-fluid level in a pleural effusion suggested preoperatively the diagnosis of mediastinal teratoma, which had leaked into the pleural space.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St. George's Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Yeoman
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Dalton
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Adam
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed