A chondrosarcoma in the anterior mediastinum mimicking a thymoma

A chondrosarcoma in the anterior mediastinum is a rare finding with a relatively good prognosis. We describe a case of a 75-year-old man with a 2-year history of neck discomfort and weight loss. Imaging showed a homogenous tumor with a minor compression on the anterior part of the heart. It had clos...

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Autores principales: Østergaard, Mia L, Petersen, Rene H, Kalhauge, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4568935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26413313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2058460115595659
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description A chondrosarcoma in the anterior mediastinum is a rare finding with a relatively good prognosis. We describe a case of a 75-year-old man with a 2-year history of neck discomfort and weight loss. Imaging showed a homogenous tumor with a minor compression on the anterior part of the heart. It had close relation to the ribs, no surrounding fat, and a thymoma was suspected. Biopsy prior to surgery was impossible due to the location of the tumor. Unfortunately, final pathology from the surgical specimen revealed a chondrosarcoma.
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spelling pubmed-45689352015-09-25 A chondrosarcoma in the anterior mediastinum mimicking a thymoma Østergaard, Mia L Petersen, Rene H Kalhauge, Anna Acta Radiol Open Case Report A chondrosarcoma in the anterior mediastinum is a rare finding with a relatively good prognosis. We describe a case of a 75-year-old man with a 2-year history of neck discomfort and weight loss. Imaging showed a homogenous tumor with a minor compression on the anterior part of the heart. It had close relation to the ribs, no surrounding fat, and a thymoma was suspected. Biopsy prior to surgery was impossible due to the location of the tumor. Unfortunately, final pathology from the surgical specimen revealed a chondrosarcoma. SAGE Publications 2015-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4568935/ /pubmed/26413313 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2058460115595659 Text en © The Foundation Acta Radiologica 2015 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page(https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title_short A chondrosarcoma in the anterior mediastinum mimicking a thymoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4568935/
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