Tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenopathy

被引:5
作者
Hainaut, P [1 ]
Monthe, A [1 ]
Lesage, V [1 ]
Weynand, B [1 ]
机构
[1] Clin Univ St Luc, Serv Med Interne Gen, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
来源
ACTA CLINICA BELGICA | 1998年 / 53卷 / 02期
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10.1080/17843286.1998.11754153
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R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
We report about 2 cases of isolated mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis presenting without parenchymal infiltrates. Although rare, this mode of presentation reminds the clinician that tuberculosis has to be included in the differential diagnosis of mediastinal masses even in the absence of parenchymal lesion. Both cases illustrate the value of mediastinoscopic examination to assess the diagnosis.
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