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Fig. 18 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 18

From: A diagnostic approach to the mediastinal masses

Fig. 18

a, b Stage II thymoma (WHO type B1) in a 33-year-old woman who presented with myasthenia gravis. Frontal chest radiograph shows a hilum overlay sign (arrow) of a suggestive anterior mediastinal mass. Contrast-enhanced CT scan confirms the presence of a low-heterogeneous anterior mediastinal mass (arrow). Note the indentation of the arterial trunk pulmonary by the mass. c, d Stage III thymoma (WHO type B2) in a 54-year-old woman. Frontal chest radiograph reveals a lobulated mediastinal mass (arrow) on the right side. Contrast-enhanced CT scan demonstrates an enhanced anterior mediastinal mass (arrow) with infiltration of surrounding fat (open arrow)

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