Anterior Mediastinal Mass: A Rare Presentation of Tuberculosis
We report a case of a 14-year-boy who presented to us with a low-grade fever with evening rise for 9 months. Along with this, the patient also reported a reduction in his appetite and body weight. He had a mild dry cough but no respiratory symptoms otherwise. There was no other localization for feve...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:9394cfdecc0c47b988cb3e263f0ee20d 2023-05-15T15:04:05+02:00 Anterior Mediastinal Mass: A Rare Presentation of Tuberculosis Gopi C. Khilnani Neetu Jain Vijay Hadda Sudheer K. Arava 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/635385 https://doaj.org/article/9394cfdecc0c47b988cb3e263f0ee20d EN eng Hindawi Limited http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/635385 https://doaj.org/toc/1687-9686 https://doaj.org/toc/1687-9694 1687-9686 1687-9694 doi:10.1155/2011/635385 https://doaj.org/article/9394cfdecc0c47b988cb3e263f0ee20d Journal of Tropical Medicine, Vol 2011 (2011) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2011 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/635385 2022-12-31T04:35:03Z We report a case of a 14-year-boy who presented to us with a low-grade fever with evening rise for 9 months. Along with this, the patient also reported a reduction in his appetite and body weight. He had a mild dry cough but no respiratory symptoms otherwise. There was no other localization for fever on history. He received antitubercular therapy, based on abnormal chest radiograph. However, there was no relief in his symptoms. General physical examination revealed mild fever. Systemic examination was unremarkable. Blood investigations done for fever were noncontributory. Computed tomographic (CT) scan of the chest revealed a mediastinal mass compressing the trachea. The possibilities of lymphoma or germ cell tumour were considered. A biopsy from the mass under CT guidance was performed. The histopathology revealed multiple epithelioid cell granulomas with necrosis, and the diagnosis of tuberculosis was made. The clinical course of this patient and the relevant literature is presented in this paper. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Journal of Tropical Medicine 2011 1 4 |
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We report a case of a 14-year-boy who presented to us with a low-grade fever with evening rise for 9 months. Along with this, the patient also reported a reduction in his appetite and body weight. He had a mild dry cough but no respiratory symptoms otherwise. There was no other localization for fever on history. He received antitubercular therapy, based on abnormal chest radiograph. However, there was no relief in his symptoms. General physical examination revealed mild fever. Systemic examination was unremarkable. Blood investigations done for fever were noncontributory. Computed tomographic (CT) scan of the chest revealed a mediastinal mass compressing the trachea. The possibilities of lymphoma or germ cell tumour were considered. A biopsy from the mass under CT guidance was performed. The histopathology revealed multiple epithelioid cell granulomas with necrosis, and the diagnosis of tuberculosis was made. The clinical course of this patient and the relevant literature is presented in this paper. |
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Anterior Mediastinal Mass: A Rare Presentation of Tuberculosis |
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Anterior Mediastinal Mass: A Rare Presentation of Tuberculosis |
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anterior mediastinal mass: a rare presentation of tuberculosis |
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