RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 MR Imaging of a Posterior Mediastinal Ganglioneuroma: Fat as a Useful Diagnostic Sign
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 2658
OP 2662
VO 26
IS 10
A1 Duffy, Sheila
A1 Jhaveri, Miral
A1 Scudierre, Jennifer
A1 Cochran, Elizabeth
A1 Huckman, Michael
YR 2005
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/10/2658.abstract
AB Summary: We report a case of a ganglioneuroma that was found incidentally on a CT of the abdomen in a 27-year-old woman with gastrointestinal symptoms. The tumor, though located in the posterior mediastinum, demonstrated an unusual feature of abundant adipose tissue on MR imaging. The mass was later resected, and adipose tissue intermixed within a ganglioneuroma was identified microscopically. Adipose tissue is a rare finding in a ganglioneuroma, but this radiographic feature may be useful in the evaluation of posterior mediastinal masses.