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Detrás de la hinchazón: Linfoma primario mediastinal de células B grandes que se hace pasar por una infección
Muhammad Ali Lak1, Dina Abdelhamid1, Viren S Sehgal2
1Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Queens Hospital Center, New York City, USA.
Cureus
|February 20, 2026
Resumen
Un joven paciente.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Oncología Oncología.
- Enfermedades infecciosas Enfermedades infecciosas.
- Pulmonología Pulmonología.
Sus antecedentes:
- Una mujer de 26 años con asma presentó síntomas que imitaban la infección.
- El diagnóstico inicial incluyó neumonía y celulitis, con la posterior sospecha de una infección por Actinomyces.
- Los síntomas persistentes y el empeoramiento de la leucocitosis provocaron más investigaciones.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para informar de un caso raro de linfoma primario mediastinal de células B grandes.
- Para resaltar los desafíos de diagnóstico de las neoplasias malignas que imitan las infecciones.
- Hacer hincapié en la importancia de una investigación exhaustiva en síntomas persistentes e inexplicables.
Principales métodos:
- Presentación del caso clínico.
- Imágenes de diagnóstico (por ejemplo, tomografías computarizadas).
- Análisis de esputo para la identificación microbiana.
- Examen histopatológico del tejido de la masa mediastinal.
Principales resultados:
- Diagnóstico inicial erróneo de infecciones comunes (neumonía, celulitis, Actinomyces).
- Identificación de una gran masa mediastinal.
- Confirmación histopatológica del linfoma primario mediastinal de células B grandes.
Conclusiones:
- El linfoma primario mediastinal de células B grandes puede presentarse insidiosamente, imitando procesos infecciosos.
- El diagnóstico tardío puede ocurrir cuando las malignidades agresivas se disfrazan de infecciones comunes.
- Un trabajo de diagnóstico exhaustivo es crucial para los individuos jóvenes con síntomas persistentes e inexplicables y leucocitosis.
Palabras clave:
actinomyces actinomyces también conocido como actinomycesEl sesgo de anclaje de anclaje.La reacción leucemoide es una reacción leucemoide.La masa mediastinal tiene una masa mediastinal.El linfoma de células B mediastinales grandes primario (LBMB) es el linfoma de células B mediastinales grandes (LBMB) primario.El síndrome de la vena cava superiorVideos de Conceptos Relacionados
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