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Thymoma MRI

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [2]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amr Marawan, M.D. [3]

Overview

Overview

On thoracic MRI, thymoma is characterized by increased heterogeneous signal on T2WI.

MRI

MRI

MRI is usually performed in patients with suspected vascular invasion in which iodine contrast cannot be tolerated.

Key MRI findings in thymoma are:

- Isotense to skeletal muscle on T1WI
- Increased heterogeneous signal intensity on T2WI
- Fluid characteristics of cysts with high water content

MRI shows the presence of an anterior mediastinal mass projecting to the left, confirmed to be thymoma.

MRI shows the presence of an anterior mediastinal mass projecting to the left, confirmed to be thymoma.^[1]

MRI shows the presence of an anterior mediastinal mass projecting to the left, confirmed to be thymoma.^[1]

MRI shows the presence of an anterior mediastinal mass projecting to the left, confirmed to be thymoma.

References

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Image courtesy of Dr Yuranga Weerakkody. Radiopaedia [1].Creative Commons BY-SA-NC

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