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Chest. 2021 Oct;160(4):e357-e363. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.04.058.

A 51-Year-Old Man With a Large Posterior Mediastinal Mass.

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Hau Chieng, Jean-Paul Hafner, Lezah Mccarthy, Ammoura Ibrahim, Ria Itty, Woon H Chong, Biplab Saha, Edward Conuel

Affiliations

  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Albany Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, NY.
  3. Department of Pathology, Albany Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, NY.
  4. Department of Pathology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY.
  5. Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY.
  6. Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Ozark Medical Center, West Plains, MO.

PMID: 34625184 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.04.058

Abstract

CASE PRESENTATION: A 51-year-old White male never-smoker presented with intermittent cough and progressive dyspnea. His symptoms started after an exposure to bat guano while cleaning his attic approximately 9 months earlier. He has received several courses of antibiotic and corticosteroid for these symptoms, with short-term relief.

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