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A ring calcified benign thymoma in a patient with asbestos exposure
A Low1, A Abbas, A R L Medford
1Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, UK
QJM : Monthly Journal of the Association of Physicians
|February 11, 2012
Abstract:
The differential diagnosis of a mediastinal mass with ring calcification on chest X-ray includes thymoma,dermoid tumour, teratoma, neurogenic tumours and lymphadenopathy. Cross-sectional imaging via CT can aid diagnosis. This case may also demonstrate an association between asbestos exposure and thymoma calcification.
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