A lung mass: when the history helps the diagnosis
- 1Paediatrics Department, IRCSS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy
- 2Radiology Department, IRCSS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy
- Correspondence to Dr Jenny Bua, jennybua{at}gmail.com
Description
A 7-years-old boy was referred to our hospital because of a large left upper para-mediastinal mass at x-rays (figure 1A) with the suspicion of lymphoma. He had no respiratory symptoms, auscultation was normal. High-resolution CT showed a large consolidated mass (4 × 3.5 cm × 7.4 cm) in the left upper pulmonary lobe, of lung origin as two bronchial branches (figure 1B). At admission the boy …