Periaortic lymphoma mimicking aortic aneurysm

A 70-year man, with chest pain history, was referred for thoracic aortic aneurysm diagnosed by CT scan. A CT scan (Fig. 1a) was repeated for stent-graft selection, completed by MR due to diagnosis doubt (Fig. 1b). Radiological findings were consistent with a peri-aortic tumor and revealed a groin mass, whose histology was nonHodgkin lymphoma. Chemotherapy was effective (Fig. 2). European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 25 (2004) 1126 www.elsevier.com/locate/ejcts