title: Pleural metastasis of malignant thymoma. A pitfall in the CT-diagnosis of pleural mesothelioma.
abstract: We report two cases with metastatic thymomas mimicking the CT feature of pleural mesothelioma.
authors.affiliation: DKFZ, Institut fur Radiologie, Heidelberg, West Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Görich
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Beyer-Enke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schmitteckert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Flentje
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van Kaick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D013945:Thymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed