Fat-fluid level in pleural effusion as a complication of a mediastinal dermoid: CT characteristics |
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Authors: | L J Yeoman H R Dalton E J Adam |
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Institution: | Department of Radiology, St. George's Hospital, London, England. |
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Abstract: | The CT findings in a 24-year-old woman with acute chest symptoms revealed excess mediastinal soft tissue and a fat-containing cavity. A fat-fluid level in a pleural effusion suggested preoperatively the diagnosis of mediastinal teratoma, which had leaked into the pleural space. |
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