Mediastinal widening on chest radiography caused by combined aortic valve disease and primary large B-cell lymphoma.

Poststenotic aortic root dilatation in patients with aortic valvular stenosis may result in mediastinal widening on chest radiograph. Main differential diagnosis of mediastinal widening is a tumour. In fact, besides atypical chest pain or dyspnoea at exertion secondary to compression of intrathoracic structures in the latter, symptoms may be absent. We report a case of combined aortic valve disease and additional primary large B-cell lymphoma.

Citation

M Tomaske, Cj Kellenberger, N Bodmer, W Knirsch, U Bauersfeld. Mediastinal widening on chest radiography caused by combined aortic valve disease and primary large B-cell lymphoma. Images in paediatric cardiology. 2007 Oct;9(4):9-14

PMID: 22368675

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