A Mediastinal Mass Mimicking Asthma Symptoms

作者：Miseviciene Valdone^*; Labanauskas Liutauras; Kiudeliene Rosita; Kevalas Rimantas; Zaveckiene Jurgita; Jankauskaite Lina

来源：Medicina-Lithuania, 2013, 49(2): 67-70.

DOI：10.3390/medicina49020012

• extramedullary sarcoma
• mediastinal mass
• superior vena cava syndrome
• asthma
• adolescent

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.

• 出版日期2013