This paper described the first clinical study of lung tumor scanning by positron emission
tomography (PET) using C-11-labeled l-methionine (11C-l-Met). Tumor images were clearly …

Chest radiographs and computed tomographic (CT) scans of the mediastinum were
correlated with pathologic findings of the thymus following thymectomy in 57 patients with …

Twenty patients with myasthenia gravis had chest radiography, conventional tomography,
and computed tomography (CT) of the thorax within 1 month of thymectomy. Four of the six …

The thymus is a challenge to image because of its usual location in the anterior mediastinum
adjacent to many other soft tissue structures and because of the marked variability in the …

Red cell aplasia and an enlarging anterior mediastinal mass developed in a patient being
followed for thyroid carcinoma. Differential diagnosis included thymoma and metastatic …

It has been demonstrated that the single most important factor in determining survival in
patients with bronchogenic carcinoma is the extent of spread of metastasis from the primary …

Radionuclide emission tomography and ultrasonography were obtained on a patient with
recurrent epigastric pain. In the pancreatic region an ultrasonic scan revealed a …

Thymus scintigraphy was performed using 201 Tl-chloride, 67-Ga-citrate and 75 Se-
selenomethionine on 30 thymoma patients with or without myasthenia gravis. Mass …

Chest scanning with 75 Se-selenomethionine was performed in 59 cases of mediastinal
diseases. All cases of vascular diseases, cystic tumors, and benign neurogenic tumor were …

Der Thymus liegt normalerweise im vorderen Mediastinum, ektope Lagen im Hals oder
hinteren Mediastinum wurden beschrieben. Je nach Lage des Organs—orthotop oder ektop …