Pleural metastasis of malignant thymoma. A pitfall in the CT-diagnosis of pleural mesothelioma.
We report two cases with metastatic thymomas mimicking the CT feature of pleural mesothelioma.
Görich
J
J
DKFZ, Institut fur Radiologie, Heidelberg, West Germany.
Beyer-Enke
S A
SA
Schmitteckert
H
H
Flentje
M
M
van Kaick
G
G
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