Characterization of Malignant Thrombus in an Invasive Thymoma with Intravascular Growth

Authors

  • Sevtap GíœMíœÅžTAÅž
  • Ahmet AKí‡A
  • Nagihan Ä°NAN
  • Aslı Gí¼l AKGíœL
  • Åžerife Tuba LÄ°MAN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v7i2.1115

Keywords:

invasive thymoma, tumor thrombus, intravascular growth

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.

Author Biographies

Sevtap GíœMíœÅžTAÅž

Department of radiology

Assistant professor

Ahmet AKí‡A

Department of radiology

MD

Nagihan Ä°NAN

Department of radiology

Assistant professor

Aslı Gí¼l AKGíœL


Department of thoracic surgery

Assistant professor

Åžerife Tuba LÄ°MAN

Department of thoracic surgery

Assistant professor

Journal of Radiology Case Reports February 2013 issue - Cover page: Unusual Aggressive Breast Cancer: Metastatic Malignant Phyllodes Tumor by Adam Singer et al.

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Published

2013-02-17

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2013)

Section

Thoracic Radiology

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