Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Case Report

Abstract

Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma is a rare tumour. Patients present with dyspnea, cough, dysphagia and superior vena cava syndrome. Thus, most patients are diagnosed early in stages 1-2. We reported a 19-year-old male patient diagnosed with primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma.

Keywords

• Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma
• diffuse large B-cell lymphomas
• Non Hodgkin lymphomas

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