Archives of the AFIP -- RadioGraphics

Figure Legend | Panel A | Panel B | Panel C

Figure 31: Mediastinal, chest wall, and diaphragmatic invasion of MPM in the right hemithorax of a 58-year-old man. Panel A Axial T1-weighted (360/17) MR image shows tumor invasion of a vertebral body (arrow) and possible involvement of the posterior wall of the trachea (arrowhead). Panel B Coronal T1-weighted (500/17) MR image shows circumferential and fissural nodular pleural thickening (small arrowheads) and vertebral body invasion (large arrowhead). Panel C Sagittal breath-hold gradient-recalled-echo (100/2.5, 60Ą flip angle) MR image clearly shows hepatic invasion (arrow) not depicted by CT or with other MR imaging planes.

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