What is the commonest mediastinal mass seen?
Thymoma. Teratoma and lymph nodes masses are also common.
Does calcification in a lung mass exclude cancer?
Calcification occurs in approx 6% of primary lung cancers, and includes small cell, non-small cell, adenocarcinoma and squamous cell lung neoplasms
The CT study reveals a mass lesion in the lower right chest. There is calcification in the wall of this mass. It lies adjacent to the right heart border, it deviates the heart to the left. There is no rib destruction seen.There is a small pleural effusion or pleural thickening present at the right base.
No mediastinal lymphadenopathy.
On CT the lesion does not appear to arise from the coronary circulation, pleura or an adjacent rib.