Primary malignant melanoma of the anterior mediastinum: CT and MR findings.
Malignant melanoma presenting in the mediastinum without an extrathoracic primary is extremely rare. To our knowledge, its imaging findings have not been described in the radiologic literature. We report a case of primary malignant melanoma of the anterior mediastinum and discuss its imaging findings on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
Takao
Hidemasa
H
Department of Radiology, Showa General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. takaoh-tky@umin.ac.jp
Shimizu
Seiichiro
S
Doi
Ippei
I
Watanabe
Toshiaki
T
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed