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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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An unusual cause of mediastinal mass and chylothorax
Laxma Reddy Sattavarapu1, Narendra Kumar Narahari1, Deepika Shree Balaram1, Anu Kapoor2, GK Paramjyothi1
1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
2 Department of Radiology and Imaging, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Correspondence Address:
Narendra Kumar Narahari
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Punjagutta, Hyderabad - 500 082, Telangana
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_6_19
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Mediastinal masses are commonly encountered in clinical practice. The commonly encountered anterior mediastinal masses include those of thymic or thyroid origin, teratomas, and lymphoma. Establishing the diagnosis by histopathology is essential considering the wide range of differential diagnosis and to exclude malignancies. Here, we present an unusual case of large mediastinal mass with chylothorax in a young immunocompetent female.
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