title: A mediastinal mass mimicking asthma symptoms.
abstract: Extramedullary myeloid sarcoma is a rare form of myelogenous leukemia. It can involve any anatomical body part. Mediastinal involvement is reported in only few cases. We report on a case of extramedullary myeloid sarcoma presenting as a mediastinal mass in a previously healthy nonleukemic male teenager with primary asthmatic complaints and the signs of superior vena cava syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Children's Diseases, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eivenių 2, 50028 Kaunas, Lithuania. valdonemis@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Valdonė
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Misevičienė
authors.forename: Liutauras
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Labanauskas
authors.forename: Rosita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kiudelienė
authors.forename: Rimantas
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kėvalas
authors.forename: Jurgita
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zaveckienė
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jankauskaitė
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D023981:Sarcoma, Myeloid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*