title: Sclerosing mediastinitis mimicking anterior mediastinal tumor.
abstract: A 54-year-old asymptomatic man presented with an anterior mediastinal mass discovered on chest roentgenogram. Chest computed tomography revealed a noncalcified round mass in the mediastinum. A white solid mass, 5-cm in diameter, had arisen from the pericardial adipose tissue with multiple small nodular lesions mimicking mediastinal tumor with pleural dissemination. Postoperative pathologic examination confirmed a diagnosis of sclerosing mediastinitis. Details of the clinical and radiographic feature are presented.
authors: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors: Toshio
authors: T
authors: Miyata
authors: Makoto
authors: M
authors: Takahama
authors: Ryoji
authors: R
authors: Yamamoto
authors: Ryu
authors: R
authors: Nakajima
authors: Hirohito
authors: H
authors: Tada
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D035583:Rare Diseases; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome