A calcified thoracic mass.

[A calcified thoracic mass].

A calcified mass.

To cite: Mosayebi Z, Bahreini M, Mirfazaelian H, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015212675 DESCRIPTION A 34-year-old woman presented to the emergency department, with a 1-year history of nonproductive cough and pleuritic chest pain. She had no upper respiratory tract symptoms, fever, sweating, radicular pain or weight loss. There was no abn...

Spontaneous Resolution of Symptomatic Thoracic Spine Calcified Disc Herniation: A Case Report and Literature Review

Calcification of intervertebral disc (IVD) is an uncommon but well-defined clinical syndrome in children. Despite its benign nature, occasionally, calcified nucleus pulposus can herniate into the spinal canal. We report an interesting case of calcified disc herniation in the thoracic spine. Although it resulted in cord compression and syrinx formation, it well responded to conservative manageme...

A giant calcified hepatic mass.

A 69-year-old man with an history of liver cirrhosis complicated by hepatocellular carcinoma treated by chemoembolization, moderate mitral insufficiency and chronic atrial fibrillation presented with a rounded calcified opacity in right upper abdomen at chest radiography. Abdominal computed tomography scan showed an omogeneous and complete uptake of lipiodol within the hepatocellular carcinoma,...

A calcified vascular mediastinal mass.

We report the incidental finding of a late post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the thoracic aorta in a patient being treated for subarachnoid hemorrhage from a motorcycle accident. The diagnosis of calcified vascular mediastinal masses may be suspected from routine chest roentgenograms and confirmed by aortography. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are helpful when the diagnosis r...