title: Mediastinal widening on chest radiography caused by combined aortic valve disease and primary large B-cell lymphoma.
abstract: Poststenotic aortic root dilatation in patients with aortic valvular stenosis may result in mediastinal widening on chest radiograph. Main differential diagnosis of mediastinal widening is a tumour. In fact, besides atypical chest pain or dyspnoea at exertion secondary to compression of intrathoracic structures in the latter, symptoms may be absent. We report a case of combined aortic valve disease and additional primary large B-cell lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Division of Paediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomaske
authors.forename: Cj
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kellenberger
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bodmer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Knirsch
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bauersfeld