Cystic mediastinal masses and the role of MRI

Rachna Madan¹, Lisa Ratanaprasatporn², Linda Ratanaprasatporn³, Brett W Carter⁴, Jeanne B Ackman⁵

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¹ Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: RMadan@bwh.harvard.edu.
² Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: LRatanaprasatporn1@bwh.harvard.edu.
³ Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: LRatanaprasatporn@bwh.harvard.edu.
⁴ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: BCarter2@mdanderson.org.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit, Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. Electronic address: JAckman@mgh.harvard.edu.

PMID: 29324329
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2017.12.011

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Cystic mediastinal masses and the role of MRI

Rachna Madan et al. Clin Imaging. 2018 Jul-Aug.

. 2018 Jul-Aug:50:68-77.

doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2017.12.011. Epub 2017 Dec 27.

Authors

Rachna Madan¹, Lisa Ratanaprasatporn², Linda Ratanaprasatporn³, Brett W Carter⁴, Jeanne B Ackman⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: RMadan@bwh.harvard.edu.
² Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: LRatanaprasatporn1@bwh.harvard.edu.
³ Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: LRatanaprasatporn@bwh.harvard.edu.
⁴ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: BCarter2@mdanderson.org.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit, Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. Electronic address: JAckman@mgh.harvard.edu.

PMID: 29324329
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2017.12.011

Abstract

While some cystic masses can be definitively diagnosed on CT, others remain indeterminate. Because of its intrinsic superior soft tissue resolution, MR is an important tool in the evaluation of select mediastinal masses that are incompletely characterized on CT. This review describes how non-vascular MR provides greater diagnostic precision in the evaluation of indeterminate cystic mediastinal masses on CT. It also emphasizes key MR pulse sequences for optimal evaluation of problematic mediastinal masses.

Keywords: Cystic mediastinal masses; Problem solving MR.

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