Case report

THYMUS HYPERPLASIA - IMITATION OF ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL TUMOR

Miljenko Raos ; Dječja bolnica Srebrnjak 100, 10000 Zagreb
Jelica Marković ; Dječja bolnica Srebrnjak 100, 10000 Zagreb

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Descriptors: THYMUS HYPERPLASIA – diagnosis, etiology; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS – diagnosis; THYMUS GLAND – pathology, radiography; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL

Hrčak ID:

35051

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/35051

Publication date:

9.3.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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