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Mediastinal mass following chemotherapy in patients with Ewing sarcoma and osteosarcoma
Author(s) -
PANADERO M. A.,
CRUZ J. J.,
GOMEZ A.,
FONSECA E.,
GARCIA M. J.,
GARCIA J.,
MARTIN G.,
SANCHEZ P.,
DUEÑAS G. A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1996.421777000.x
Subject(s) - medicine , osteosarcoma , chemotherapy , sarcoma , ewing's sarcoma , mediastinal mass , oncology , radiology , surgery , pathology
Panadero MA, Cruz JJ, Gomez A, Fonseca E, Garcia MJ, Garcia J, Martin G, Sanchez P, Dueñas GA (Medical Oncology Department, University Hospital, Salamanca, Spain). Mediastinal mass following chemotherapy in patients with Ewing sarcoma and osteosarcoma (Case report). J Intern Med 1996; 239: 457–60. Thymic hyperplasia following combination chemotherapy for malignant disease is very uncommon in adolescents and adults. Our experience includes a thymic enlargement noted on the sequential computed tomography (CT) in three patients who were disease‐free after chemotherapy for Ewing sarcoma (2) and osteosarcoma (1). The development of an anterior mediastinal mass after successful chemotherapy does not always imply relapse of malignant disease. To prevent inappropriate treatment, the possibility of a benign aetiology must be considered.