March 17, 2022Radiology Cardiothoracic ImagingOpen Access

Imaging and Clinical Findings in a Series of Six Cases of Rare Primary Mediastinal Liposarcoma

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Why the study?

Primary mediastinal liposarcoma is a rare malignant lesion that can present incidentally with varied imaging appearances, sizes, and locations within the mediastinum.

Design

Case series

Authors

GWGordon S. WongUniversity of Southern California DBDavid BassNatural Resources Canada ICIrene Y. ChenUniversity of California, Berkeley

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Implication

Requires caution with fatty mediastinal masses; case series leaves open prospective validation.

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Population

6 patients with primary mediastinal liposarcoma

Outcome

Clinical presentation, radiographic characteristics, management, and prognosis

Primary mediastinal liposarcoma can present with varied imaging appearances, and simple-appearing fatty intrathoracic lesions may develop malignant imaging features.

Cite This Study

Wong et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7e6e23331ef19ffcb299e2 https://doi.org/10.1148/ryct.210259

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Imaging and Clinical Findings in a Series of Six Cases of Rare Primary Mediastinal Liposarcoma

Discussion

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Imaging and Clinical Findings in a Series of Six Cases of Rare Primary Mediastinal Liposarcoma

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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