Establishing a Chest MRI Practice and its Clinical Applications: Our Insight and Protocols
A 53-year-old male with a large left hemithorax mass could not tolerate lying supine in the MRI scanner, and the entire study was performed with the patient in the left lateral decubitus position. For patients who cannot lie supine or who are severely short of breath, noncontrast-enhanced fast imaging techniques such as bSSFP can provide helpful information []. Differential considerations included sarcoma or fibrous tumor of the pleura. The mass was surgically excised with pathology indicating solitary fibrous tumor with focal tumoral necrosis.