title: [X-ray diagnosis of invasive thymoma].
abstract: Between January 1981 and September 1985, invasive thymomas were diagnosed in 13 patients attending the municipal hospital at Köln-Merheim. All these patients were examined radiologically and the tumour removed at thoracotomy, and irradiated in our Radiotherapy Clinic. Invasive thymomas appear as space-occupying lesions on chest radiographs taken in two planes, or on computed tomography. Infiltration by the thymoma in stages III and IV can be demonstrated by computed tomography.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013945:Thymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Zur Röntgendiagnostik invasiver Thymome.