Characterization of Malignant Thrombus in an Invasive Thymoma with Intravascular Growth

Overview

Journal J Radiol Case Rep

Specialty Radiology

Date 2013 May 25

PMID 23705036

Citations 6

Authors

Sevtap Gumustas

Ahmet Akca

Nagihan Inan

Asli Gul Akgul

Serife Tuba Liman

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Abstract

We report an unusual case of an invasive thymoma with a thrombus in the right atrium and describe the radiological findings consistent with the malignant nature of the thrombus. The thrombus showed significant enhancement on computerized tomography images similar to the tumoral mass. On magnetic resonance imaging, both the tumor and the thrombus have heterogeneously high signal intensities on T2-weighted images. On diffusion-weighted images they both exhibit high signal intensity and low apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values which support the malignant nature of the thrombus and the mass.

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