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Article

A Mediastinal Mass Mimicking Asthma Symptoms

by
Valdonė Misevičienė
1,*,
Liutauras Labanauskas
1,
Rosita Kiudelienė
1,
Rimantas Kėvalas
1,
Jurgita Zaveckienė
2 and
Lina Jankauskaitė
3
1
Department of Children’s Diseases, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania
2
Department of Radiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania
3
Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Medicina 2013, 49(2), 12; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina49020012
Submission received: 4 October 2012 / Accepted: 28 February 2013 / Published: 5 March 2013

Abstract

Extramedullary myeloid sarcoma is a rare form of myelogenous leukemia. It can involve any anatomical body part. Mediastinal involvement is reported in only few cases. We report on a case of extramedullary myeloid sarcoma presenting as a mediastinal mass in a previously healthy nonleukemic male teenager with primary asthmatic complaints and the signs of superior vena cava syndrome.
Keywords: extramedullary sarcoma; mediastinal mass; superior vena cava syndrome; asthma; adolescent extramedullary sarcoma; mediastinal mass; superior vena cava syndrome; asthma; adolescent

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Misevičienė, V.; Labanauskas, L.; Kiudelienė, R.; Kėvalas, R.; Zaveckienė, J.; Jankauskaitė, L. A Mediastinal Mass Mimicking Asthma Symptoms. Medicina 2013, 49, 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina49020012

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Misevičienė V, Labanauskas L, Kiudelienė R, Kėvalas R, Zaveckienė J, Jankauskaitė L. A Mediastinal Mass Mimicking Asthma Symptoms. Medicina. 2013; 49(2):12. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina49020012

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Misevičienė, Valdonė, Liutauras Labanauskas, Rosita Kiudelienė, Rimantas Kėvalas, Jurgita Zaveckienė, and Lina Jankauskaitė. 2013. "A Mediastinal Mass Mimicking Asthma Symptoms" Medicina 49, no. 2: 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina49020012

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