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British Journal of Radiology (2007) 80, e72-e74
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doi: 10.1259/bjr/74258606

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Detection of an occult thymoma on 99Tcm-Tetrofosmin myocardial scintigraphy

M Hawkins, BSc, MSc, MRCSEd 1 A F Scarsbrook, FRCR 1 S Pavlitchouk, MD, PhD 2 N R Moore, MA, FRCCP, FRCR 1 and K M Bradley, MA, FRCCP, FRCR 1

1 Department of Radiology and 2 Department of Nuclear Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK


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Figure 1. A 72-year-old man with non-specific shortness of breath. Coronal images from the source data of a 99Tcm-Tetrofosmin myocardial scintigram show an abnormal focus of uptake within the mediastinum (arrows). Physiological tracer uptake is also seen within the heart, stomach, bowel and gallbladder.

 

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Figure 2. A 72-year-old man with non-specific shortness of breath. Non-contrast-enhanced CT showing the superior component of a lobulated homogeneous soft tissue mass within the anterior mediastinum. A percutaneous CT guided cutting needle biopsy of the mass confirmed this to be a thymoma (arrow).

 





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