Primary Pulmonary Hodgkin Lymphoma Simulating a Mediastinal Tumour: an Uncommon Occurrence
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چکیده
The case of a patient with primary pulmonary Hodgkin Lymphoma simulating a mediastinal tumour is reported for its rarity and the diagnostic concerns encountered by us.
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Mediastinal huge non-Hodgkin's lymphoma causing compression of the main pulmonary artery trunk.
DESCRIPTION A 24-year-old man presented with dyspnoea on exertion. Chest x-ray showed an enlargement of the upper anterior mediastinum (figure 1A). Chest CT showed a huge mass with the size of 7.6×4.8 cm in the upper anterior mediastinum (figure 1B). This mass compressed the main pulmonary artery trunk (MPA) and the left pulmonary artery. Transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography also reve...
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