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Mediastinal nodal angiomatosis – an unusual mass lesion in the superior mediastinum
Author(s) -
Steinke Karin,
Sanadgol Babak,
Singh Mahendra
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1754-9485
pISSN - 1754-9477
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2011.02251.x
Subject(s) - medicine , angiomatosis , mediastinal mass , mediastinum , differential diagnosis , radiology , lesion , histopathology , mass/lesion , magnetic resonance imaging , pathology
Summary Although very rare, mediastinal nodal angiomatosis is an entity radiologists should be aware of to be a differential diagnosis for a hypervascular mediastinal mass lesion. The CT‐ and MR‐morphological features are non‐specific and only histopathology can reveal the definitive diagnosis.