Imaging features of posterior mediastinal chordoma in a child.
A 5 1/2-year-old boy presented with repeated episodes of stridor and cough. Chest radiography demonstrated a widened mediastinum. Evaluation by CT revealed a low-density posterior mediastinal mass initially diagnosed as benign tumor. Histopathological analysis of the resected mass disclosed a malignant chordoma. Our radiological results are described with an analysis of the imaging findings in the medical literature. We present our suggestions for preoperative evaluation of posterior mediastinal tumors.
Soudack
Michalle
M
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. m_soudack@rambam.health.gov.il
Guralnik
Ludmilla
L
Ben-Nun
Alon
A
Berkowitz
Drora
D
Postovsky
Sergey
S
Vlodavsky
Eugene
E
Engel
Ahuva
A
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012135:Respiratory Sounds; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed