Paediatria Croatica, Vol. 52 No. 4, 2008.
Recenzija, Prikaz slučaja
THYMUS HYPERPLASIA - IMITATION OF ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL TUMOR
Miljenko Raos
; Dječja bolnica Srebrnjak 100, 10000 Zagreb
Jelica Marković
; Dječja bolnica Srebrnjak 100, 10000 Zagreb
Sažetak
A homogenous oval formation in the anterior upper mediastinum was found in a three month old infant with using both chest X-ray and computed tomography. The unusual shape of this formation indicated the appearance of a benign tumor. A corticosteroid test with methylprednisolone (1 mg/kg of body mass) was performed over seven days. On the eighth day a chest X-ray confirmed the significant reduction of the formation, in that way confirming thymus hyperplasia, and not a tumor.
Ključne riječi
Descriptors: THYMUS HYPERPLASIA – diagnosis, etiology; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS – diagnosis; THYMUS GLAND – pathology, radiography; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL
Hrčak ID:
35051
URI
Datum izdavanja:
9.3.2009.
Posjeta: 14.638 *