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Thoracopaedia: An Imaging Encyclopedia of Pediatric Thoracic Disease: Case 33
Michael P. D'Alessandro, M.D.
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
Two slices from an enhanced chest CT exam show the mass extending from the hyoid bone to behind the manubrium. The mass has large calcifications, is solid, and it deviates and compresses the trachea. Normal thymus is seen anterior to the mass.
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