CTICasesNodular thymic hyperplasia
Imaging findings
CT scan of a young patient shows multiple well-defined soft-tissue masses in the anterior mediastinum containing punctate calcification, which showed normal thymus tissue on biopsy.
Key takeaways
Nodular thymic hyperplasia can present as multiple mediastinal masses mimicking thymoma or lymphoma. Finding normal thymic architecture on biopsy is diagnostic.
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