Kimura's disease presenting as the middle mediastinal mass

Chong Zhang; Jian Hu; Zhiying Feng; Tao Jin

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.06.053

Kimura's disease presenting as the middle mediastinal mass

Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Jan;87(1):314-6. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.06.053.

Authors

Chong Zhang¹, Jian Hu, Zhiying Feng, Tao Jin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. [email protected]

PMID: 19101326
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.06.053

Abstract

Kimura's disease usually located in the periauricular area most frequently; however, we believe that there have been no reports about kimura's disease presenting as middle mediastinal mass. we describe the diagnosis and treatment of kimura's disease in the middle mediastinum.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / diagnosis*
Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / drug therapy*
Biopsy, Needle
China
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography, Doppler
Eosinophilia / diagnosis*
Eosinophilia / drug therapy
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Male
Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Mediastinal Neoplasms / drug therapy
Positron-Emission Tomography
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Prednisolone