PULMONARY CAVITATION AS AN INITIAL MANIFE STATION OF HODGKINS-DISEASE

Authors
BATALLER R URBANOISPIZUA A LUBURICH P MONTSERRAT E ROZMAN C
Citation
R. Bataller et al., PULMONARY CAVITATION AS AN INITIAL MANIFE STATION OF HODGKINS-DISEASE, Medicina Clinica, 103(9), 1994, pp. 342-343
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Medicina Clinica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00257753
Volume
103
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
342 - 343
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-7753(1994)103:9<342:PCAAIM>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Most of the patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD), have lymph nodes in the anterior mediastinum. Nonetheless, it is exceptional for one of th ese adenopathies to be cavitated at diagnosis. The case of a patient w ith HD presenting a cavitated anterior mediastinic mass as one of the initial symptoms. The differential diagnosis of localized masses in th e anterior mediastin and cavitated images in conventional thoracic rad iology is discussed.