From: Multifocal cholesterol granulomas of the anterior mediastinum
Authors | Age/sex | Background | Site | Size (cm)/mono or multifocal | Radiological findings | Surgical procedure |
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Luckraz et al. [1] | 74/M | Aortic stenosis | Anterior | 0.7 × 2.0 × 2.7/mono | No data | Extirpation through median sternotomy |
Fujimoto et al. [2] | 62/M | Myocardial infarction, thrombosis in the left atrium, dyslipidemia, on warfarin | Anterior | 2.0 × 1.8/mono | CT: slight contrast enhancement, spotty calcification within the tumor; PET: an increased uptake; MRI: low signal intensity on both T1- and T2-weighted images | Extirpation through median sternotomy |
Shindo et al. [5] | 55/M | None | Posterior | 4.5 × 7.0/mono | CT: non-contrast enhancement, MRI: high signal intensity on both T1- and T2-weighted images | Extirpation through VATS |
Ezzat et al. [6] | 75/M | Angina, hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, COPD, dyslipidemia, smoker, trauma | Anterior | 2.0 × 3.0 × 3.0/mono | No data | Extirpation through median sternotomy |
Krishman et al. [7] | 65/M | Third degree heart block, pericarditis, hypertension, coronary artery stenosis | Anterior | 1.0 × 1.9 × 2.0/mono | No data | Extirpation through median sternotomy |
Ghigna et al. [8] | 53/M | None | Anterior | 2.0 × 3.0 × 5.0/mono | No data | Thymectomy through median sternotomy |
Ghigna et al. [8] | 25/M | Car racer | Anterior | 1.2 × 2.5 × 4.0/mono | No data | Thymectomy through median sternotomy |
Kawai et al. [9] | 68/F | Chronic thyroiditis | Anterior | 1.0 × 2.0/mono | CT: non-contrast enhancement, scattered nodules within the tumor; PET: an increased uptake; MRI: low signal intensity on both T1- and T2-weighted images | Extended thymectomy through median sternotomy |
Drury et al. [10] | 74/M | COPD, atrial fibrillation | Anterior | 3.2/mono | CT: focal calcification, PET: an increased uptake | Thymectomy through VATS |
Kobayashi et al. [11] | 64/F | Diabetes mellitus | Anterior | 2.0 × 1.7/mono | CT: non-contrast enhancement, MRI: low signal intensity on both T1- and T2-weighted images | Thymectomy through VATS |
Nagata et al. [12] | 56/F | Dyslipidemia | Anterior | 2.0 × 2.0 × 1.0, 1.3 × 1.3 × 1.2/multi | CT: non-contrast enhancement, PET: an increased uptake | Extended thymectomy through median sternotomy |
Our case (2020) | 71/F | Dyslipidemia, hypertension, aortic aneurysm, coronary artery stenosis, old cerebrovascular infarction | Anterior | 4.2 × 2.6, 3.2 × 3.0; 2.6 × 2.6, 2.3 × 2.3/multi | CT: slight contrast enhancement, spotty calcification within the tumor | Total thymectomy through median sternotomy |