ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:1271-1274. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.109
© 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Hiroyuki Sakurai
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Sakurai, H.
Right arrow Articles by Suemasu, K.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Sakurai, H.
Right arrow Articles by Suemasu, K.
Related Collections
Right arrow Mediastinum

Case Reports

Thymoma of the Middle Mediastinum: 11C-Acetate Positron Emission Tomography Imaging

Hiroyuki Sakurai, MD*, Masahiro Kaji, MD, Keiichi Suemasu, MD

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Accepted for publication July 30, 2008.

* Address correspondence to Dr Sakurai, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saiseikai Central Hospital, 1-4-17, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0073, Japan (Email: sakuraihm{at}ybb.ne.jp).

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, 11C-acetate positron emission tomography (PET) was useful for a preoperative suggestive diagnosis. Recently, 11C-acetate has been reported to be a more sensitive PET tracer than 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose and may be a promising tracer for complementing the deficiency of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose in PET imaging.






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 2009 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.