Pediatric Thoracic Mass Lesions: Beyond the Common

Overview

Journal Eur J Radiol Open

Specialty Radiology

Date 2020 Jun 25

PMID 32577435

Citations 3

Authors

Gunes Orman

Prakash Masand

John Hicks

Thierry A G M Huisman

R Paul Guillerman

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Abstract

Thoracic mass lesions can be categorized as originating in one of the three major compartments: a) chest wall and pleura, b) lung parenchyma and airways, c) mediastinum. While some of these, such as lymphoma, are common in both children and adults, others are rare and unique to childhood. The goal of this review is to familiarize radiologists with unusual mass lesions of the pediatric thorax.

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