Nodular thymic lymphoid follicular hyperplasia mimicking thymoma.
In this report, we describe a case of thymic lymphoid follicular hyperplasia that was incidentally found as a small thymic nodule in the health screening program including a low-dose chest CT. The CT and MRI findings of the nodule were similar to those of thymoma, and it was difficult to differentiate the lesion from thymoma.
Nakagawa
Motoo
M
Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan. lmloltlolol@gmail.com
Hara
Masaki
M
Itoh
Masato
M
Shibamoto
Yuta
Y
D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D013952:Thymus Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA