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Advanced Imaging of Lung Homing Human Lymphocytes in an Experimental In Vivo Model of Allergic Inflammation Based on Light-sheet Microscopy
Published on: April 16, 2019
Surprising diagnosis: classical Hodgkin lymphoma presenting as an acute asthma attack
Rabia Qadeer1, Saddam Hussain Abbasi2, Anoop Babu3
1Acute Medicine, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Luton, UK rabia.qadeer@bedsft.nhs.uk.
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A woman in her early 20s with previously well-controlled intermittent asthma presented with sudden-onset dyspnoea and wheeze, initially treated as a life-threatening asthma exacerbation. Despite optimal medical therapy, her condition deteriorated, and imaging revealed a large anterior mediastinal mass causing tracheal compression. Biopsy confirmed nodular sclerosing classical Hodgkin lymphoma. This case highlights the importance of early imaging and maintaining a broad differential when patients do not respond to standard asthma therapy.
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