RT Journal
A1 Zeanah CH, Zusman J
T1 MEdiastinal and cervical histoplasmosis simulating malignancy
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1979
FD January 1
VO 133
IS 1
SP 47
OP 49
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130010053009
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130010053009
AB • A 12-year-old boy had a purulent mass in the anterior cervical region in association with an anterior mediastinal mass caused by Histoplasma capsulatum. The cervical mass probably represented spread of the disease, perhaps along the same pathways followed in Hodgkin's disease and other conditions that are known to involve the anterior mediastinum and the anterior cervical nodes simultaneously. An infectious disease (histoplasmosis) can cause a constellation of symptoms suggestive of a lymphoma or other malignancy.(Am J Dis Child 133:47-49, 1979)