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Detection of an occult thymoma on ⁹⁹Tc^m-Tetrofosmin myocardial scintigraphy

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

View larger version (72K): [in this window] [in a new window]   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.

View larger version (104K): [in this window] [in a new window]   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).