Mediastinal fat necrosis
Edson Marchiori, Bruno Hochhegger, Gláucia Zanetti · 2026
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Description
Edson Marchiori, Bruno Hochhegger, and Gláucia Zanetti present an imaging case of a rare, harmless cause of chest pain, in this 2026 report. Their patient was a thirty-five-year-old man with a week of discomfort low in the right chest, worsening over three days. He had no injury and no other illness, and his blood tests, chest X-ray, and heart tracing were all normal. Doctors first suspected a blood clot in the lung.
A CT scan with contrast showed the true culprit: an oval pocket of fat beside the heart, ringed by a soft-tissue rim. The picture fits mediastinal fat necrosis, a brief, self-limited death of a small fat deposit. No procedure was needed; common anti-inflammatory painkillers eased his pain. The case teaches a useful lesson: a classic scan pattern can spare a patient clot treatment and further invasive tests.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Edson Marchiori, Bruno Hochhegger, Gláucia Zanetti |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |