Dumbbell tumour of the mediastinum

doi:10.1136/adc.88.2.117

Journal List > Arch Dis Child > v.88(2); Feb 2003

Arch Dis Child. 2003 February; 88(2): 117.

doi: 10.1136/adc.88.2.117.

PMCID: PMC1719451

Dumbbell tumour of the mediastinum

K Rao, B Eradi, R Marwaha, A Trehan, A Saxena, and P Menon

Department of Paediatric Surgery, Paediatric Medicine and Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India. Email: klnrao/at/hotmail.com

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Figure 1

Anteroposterior chest radiograph showing bilateral hilar radio-opaque shadows.

Figure 2

CT scan showing a dumbbell shaped mediastinal tumour with fat and soft tissue attenuation. The tumour is compressing both lungs and displacing mediastinal structures anteriorly.