title: Posterior mediastinal mass diagnosed as schwanomma with concomittant tuberculosis.
abstract: A 21-year-old non-smoker, non-hypertensive male without diabetes was referred to our pulmonary medicine department with suspected malignant intrathoracic mass. The clinicoradiological evaluation revealed that it could be a posterior mediastinal mass. The same diagnosis was confirmed on performing CT and MRI. Benign posterior mediastinal schwanomma was suspected as it is the most common posterior mediastinal mass. It was completely resected. Histopathological examination confirmed the same. The mass was also sent for culture for mycobacterium which came out to be positive. The patient recovered from the surgery and postoperative X-ray showed complete clearance. He was treated with antitubercular treatment and responded very well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Surya Kant
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Ashwini Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Ajay Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Ved
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Prakash
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents