Spring Conference 2009

Case 9 (Suster)

qClinical History:
     A 59 year old woman was seen for shortness of breath and chest pain.  A CT scan showed an anterior mediastinal mass compressing the right lung.  A core needle biopsy was interpreted as metastatic adenocarcinoma.  An extensive clinical search for a primary failed to find any evidence of malignancy elsewhere. The patient was taken to surgery and a surgical excision of the tumor was undertaken.