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Vol. 57. Issue 12.
Pages 769 (December 2021)
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Is it Cyst or Neoplasm? The Role of Thorax Magnetic Resonance Imaging
¿Quiste o neoplasia? El papel de la resonancia magnética de tórax
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Adem Karamana, Elif Yilmazel Ucarb, Serhat Kayaa, Ömer Arazb,
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a Department of Radiology, Ataturk University School of Medicine, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey
b Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Ataturk University School of Medicine, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey
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A 59-year-old male patient was admitted to the chest diseases clinic with complaints of sweating, fever and cough. The chest X-ray showed a uniform limited radiopaque area in the upper zone of the left lung. Then, the patient underwent positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) (PET-CT) imaging. In PET-CT, 4×5mm sized hypometabolic cavitary lesion was observed in the left lung upper lobe. Then the patient was asked for thorax tru-cut biopsy due to suspicion of malignancy. We thought that this lesion may be hydatid cyst. Because our city is one of the endemic regions. The patient was taken a contrast thoracic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In thoracic MRI, a 45×40×40mm sized T1 weighted imagines hypointense, T2 weighted imagines hyperintense lesion was observed (Fig. 1). There was band formation compatible with germinative membrane in the lesion. Based on these findings, we diagnosed the patient with perforated cyst hydatid. The biopsy was not taken.

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(a) Chest X ray PA view showing an ill-defined radiopacity in left upper lung field. (b) T2 weighted imagines haste coronal view hyperintense lesion was observed. There was band formation compatible with germinative membrane in the lesion. (c) Positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) showed hypometabolic cavitary lesion was observed in the left lung upper lobe. (d) T2 weighted imagines haste axial view hyperintense lesion was observed. There was band formation compatible with germinative membrane in the lesion.

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It is difficult to differentiate complicated cysts from tumor, hematoma, congenital cysts, or pneumothorax.1 Thoracic MRI may be more sensitive than CT especially malign-benign differentiation of lesions.2,3 It can be a guide before the interventional procedure.

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