Intrathoracic hepatocarcinoma: when a thoracic mass is a fake

Intrathoracic hepatocarcinoma: when a thoracic mass is a fake.

A Large Intrathoracic Mass in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis-1: a case report

Abstracts: Dural ectasia is circumferential expansion or dilatation of the dural sac, and has been frequently reported in association with type 1 neurofibromatosis (NF1). It should be differentiated from posterior mediastinal tumors such as neurofibroma, neuroblastoma, and ganglioneuroma because NF-1 has a high risk of tumor formation. In the spinal deformities of NF-1 patients, despite the sco...

Role of magnetic resonance imaging in intrathoracic hepatocarcinoma diagnosis.

We have read with great interest the article by Scanagatta and colleagues [1] reporting the case of a huge hepatocarcinoma (HCC) with intrathoracic extension. The authors addressed the diagnostic challenge to recognise tumour origin and possible pitfalls with intrathoracic neoplasm; they also advocated the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to better characterise lesion relationships. As w...

Clubbing, arthralgia and a large intrathoracic mass.

A 65-year-old man was referred to our department in 2008 for mild dyspnea. The patient was a never-smoker, and had no history of asbestos exposure. In 2006, he had presented an episode of fever, polyarthralgia and erythema of the fingers that resolved spontaneously; at that time the chest radiograph had demonstrated a dense opacity of the left base that was considered an infectious pneumonia ( ...

Pediatric presentation of a large intrathoracic mass

A 4-year-old girl presented with a 3-month history of shortness of breath with exertion and chest pain for 1 day. There were no other associated symptoms. The patient had no significant past medical history. The patient had presented to an outside institution 2 months previously and was diagnosed with reactive airway disease. On physical exam, vital signs showed mild tachycardia, tachypnea, and...