| Literature DB >> 19324170 |
Hiroyuki Sakurai1, Masahiro Kaji, Keiichi Suemasu.
Abstract
Thymomas arising outside the anterior mediastinum are very rare. Their occurrence is likely to be related to ectopic thymus tissue. We report a case of thymoma in the middle mediastinum, right paratracheal region. There have been few reports of middle mediastinal thymoma. In the present case, (11)C-acetate positron emission tomography (PET) was useful for a preoperative suggestive diagnosis. Recently, (11)C-acetate has been reported to be a more sensitive PET tracer than (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose and may be a promising tracer for complementing the deficiency of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose in PET imaging.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19324170 DOI： 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.109
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Thorac Surg ISSN： 0003-4975 Impact factor: 4.330