Isolated mediastinal tuberculosis: a rare entity.
Tuberculosis is a common disease in India but isolated mediastinal tuberculosis in the form of a tumor has not been described in adults. We are presenting an immunocompetent, elderly male who presented with fever for 2 months. CT scan chest revealed an isolated mass like lesion in the mediastinum, extending to supraclavicular area. Histopathology of the lesion revealed tuberculosis.
Department of ENT, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab.
Navneet
N
Kumar
Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab.
Chanchal
C
Gera
Department of Radiodiagnosis,Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab.
Nittala
N
Philip
D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents