title: A 22-year-old Army private with chest pain and weight loss.
abstract: The objective of this study was to delineate an efficient and effective diagnostic approach in evaluating a patient with weight loss and a posterior mediastinal mass. This case demonstrates the evaluation and management of a 22-year-old Army private with weight loss, chest pain, and a posterior mediastinal mass on chest X-ray. The importance of obtaining a thorough travel history to formulate the differential diagnosis is highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA.
authors.forename: Barnett T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Neff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015431:Weight Loss