Mediastinal involvement in adults with lymphoblastic lymphoma.
Radiologic, clinical, and pathologic findings are described in 6 young adults with lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL), an aggressive tumor which has recently become recognized as a serious threat to adults as well as to children. Each patient presented with a mediastinal mass, three of them developing cardiac tamponade and one a superior vena cava syndrome. CT scanning and echocardiography were particularly helpful in defining the lesions. The rapid dissemination of LBL, and its early progression to a leukemic phase call for prompt diagnosis and treatment.
D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D001706:Biopsy; D001752:Blast Crisis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic