Volume : 6, Issue : 12, December - 2017

Can MDCT predict the invasiveness of thymoma?

Dr. Maoulik Kumar P. Modi, Dr. Sujata Patnaik, Dr. Abhisekh J Arora, Dr. Megha S Uppin, Dr. Amaresh Rao

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Thymoma is a rare tumor of the mediastinum. The histological signs of malignancy and CT features of invasiveness do not correspond with each other in all cases. We analyzed 9 histopathologically proven thymomas to predict role of MDCT regarding invasiveness. Histopathological Examination(HPE) and CT were concordant in 4 and discordant in 5 cases. Our series had 1 patient of type C, 1 of type B2, 1 of type A and 2 of AB, which had good correlation of invasiveness on CT. Four cases were discordant.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><o:p></o:p></span></p>