Thymoma is a disease with malignant potential, which has a recurrence rate after complete
resection ranging from 5 to 50%. Multiple studies on the risk factors, treatment or prognosis …

Simple Summary Thymic epithelial tumours are uncommon malignancies. Histologically,
they may be distinguished in different subtypes and different relapse risk classes. Surgery …

Mediastinal masses can present with symptoms, signs, and syndromes or incidentally.
Selecting the appropriate diagnostic imaging study for mediastinal mass evaluation requires …

Thymic epithelial tumours represent a wide range of anatomical, clinical, histological and
molecular malignant entities that may be aggressive and difficult to treat. The …

Currently, surgical techniques that are less invasive than conventional median sternotomy
are used for thymectomy in the treatment of myasthenia gravis (MG) and anterior mediastinal …

This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic value of FDG PET/CT in patients
with suspected recurrent thymic epithelial tumors (TETs). We retrospectively reviewed 83 …

Positron emission tomography is a powerful quantitative molecular imaging technique that is
complementary to structural imaging techniques for purposes of disease detection and …

[18F] Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET is a robust quantitative molecular imaging technique
that is currently most often performed in hybrid fashion with computed tomography (CT) or …

The authors have systematically performed a literature search using 8 databases identifying
established guidelines for follow-up after resected thoracic malignancies. Seven different …

It is of great value by using PET imaging in oncology to recognize any atypical uptake not
related to the underlying disease. That helps in avoiding the false positive finding and may …