State of the Art: MR Imaging of Thymoma

Brett W. Carter; Marcelo F.K. Benveniste; Mylene T. Truong; Edith M. Marom

doi:10.1016/j.mric.2015.01.005

State of the Art: MR Imaging of Thymoma

Brett W. Carter, Marcelo F.K. Benveniste, Mylene T. Truong, Edith M. Marom

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Abstract

Thymoma is the most common primary malignancy of the anterior mediastinum and the most common thymic epithelial neoplasm, but it is a rare tumor that constitutes less than 1% of adult malignancies. Computed tomography (CT) is currently the imaging modality of choice for distinguishing thymoma from other anterior mediastinal masses, characterizing the primary tumor, and staging the disease. However, magnetic resonance imaging is also effective in evaluating and characterizing anterior mediastinal masses and staging thymoma in patients with contraindications to contrast-material-enhanced CT such as contrast allergy and/or renal failure.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	165-177
Number of pages	13
Journal	Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America
Volume	23
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mric.2015.01.005
State	Published - May 1 2015

Keywords

Anterior
MR imaging
Mediastinum
Staging
Thymoma
Thymus

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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