The new lung cancer screening program needs to be independently evaluated to keep it on track, and to minimise the harms.

Chest X- ray revealed mediastinal widening (Figure 1A). Chest computed tomography (CT) scan (Figure 1B) showed an anterior mediastinal mass invading in pericardium without extramediastinal extension.

The chest CT detected thymus abnormalities in 8 patients (16.3%) at the initial screening and the absence of thymus abnormalities at the second screening in all patients after 5 years. The 8 patients ...

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Key Takeaways Low-dose CT scans can help detect pneumoniaRadiologists accurately detected pneumonia in low-dose scans cleaned ...

The thymus is located in the chest, behind the sternum (breastbone). It is part of the lymphatic system and plays an important role in the immune system by creating lymphocytes called T cells. These ...

Neck ultrasonography is performed, and the presence of a short line of strong echoes helps to detect an ectopic thymus. CT and MRI of the neck can also be performed, with clear borders, density ...

To explain the nuances of lung cancer imaging, Dr Solomon Mutua, a clinical oncologist at The Nairobi West Hospital dittoes the role of chest CT scans in early lung cancer detection, and why ...

It can make everyday activities like taking deep breaths or moving around difficult. Muscle strains, pneumonia, a blood ...

The chest radiograph showed consolidation in both lung fields (Figure 1). Urgent CT thorax-abdomen-pelvis showed features of organising pneumonia with thymoma 6.9×4.8×7.6 cm, and no evidence of ...

The couple visited the emergency room where doctors found an orange-sized mass in his chest. Len Barchanowicz had a thymoma, a type of cancer of the thymus. “I thought I was a dead guy, honestly.