Sentence examples for multiple pleural masses from inspiring English sources

Case 2: a 47-year-old woman was diagnosed with a type B3 thymoma with lymph node swelling and multiple pleural masses, indicating Masaoka stage IVb.

Case 1: a 47-year-old woman was diagnosed with a type B3 thymoma with abundant left pleural effusion and multiple pleural masses, Masaoka stage IVa.

Fig. 2 a Chest CT scan showing an anterior mediastinal tumor that is tightly adherent to the superior vena cava (SVC) and pulmonary trunk with swelling of the tracheobronchial lymph nodes and multiple pleural masses.

Chest X-ray findings showed mediastinal enlargement, and CT scan images revealed a mediastinal tumor sized 12 × 10 × 8.5 cm, which was tightly adhered to the superior vena cava (SVC) and pulmonary trunk, along with swelling of the tracheobronchial lymph nodes and multiple pleural masses, Masaoka stage IVb (Fig. 2a).

Our case demonstrates multiple pleural masses indistinguishable from mesothelioma (Fig. 4(b)).

Multiple pleural masses were detected at a chest computer-tomography (CT) scan.

Fig. 1 a Chest CT scan showing an anterior mediastinal tumor with abundant left pleural effusion and multiple pleural tumors.

A mild pleural effusion may be seen (arrowhead) with slightly hyperdensity, associated with a small lung consolidation with air bronchogram (thick arrow); no real pleural masses are recognised.

Direct invasion may occur in association with pleural masses.

Pleural thickness was present in 100% of cases, mostly related to little and multiple pleural consolidations.

CT can be used for the identification of these pleural masses, but radiological findings can be subtle.