title: Kimura's disease presenting as the middle mediastinal mass.
abstract: Kimura's disease usually located in the periauricular area most frequently; however, we believe that there have been no reports about kimura's disease presenting as middle mediastinal mass. we describe the diagnosis and treatment of kimura's disease in the middle mediastinum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. haiyanzhangchong@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Chong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Zhiying
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000796:Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002681:China; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone