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Chronic active mediastinitis in a 7-year-old boy: MRI findings

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A 7-year-old child with a right mediastinal mass was found to have chronic active mediastinitis. The mass spontaneously involuted after biopsy. MRI showed the infiltrative nature of the mass.

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  1. Richard A. David

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hackensack Medical Center, 30 Prospect Avenue, NJ 07601, Hackensack, USA

    Richard A. David & Joel I. Rakow

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

    Michael A. Weiner

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David, R.A., Weiner, M.A. & Rakow, J.I. Chronic active mediastinitis in a 7-year-old boy: MRI findings. Pediatr Radiol 26, 669–671 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01356831

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