- The diagnosis of melioidosis can be difficult, and it is frequently described as "the great mimicker". We report a case of thoracic melioidosis presenting as a mediastinal mass with impending superior vena cava obstruction. With the presumptive diagnosis of mediastinal tumor, the patient underwent surgery for tissue sampling, and a purulent collection was found. The clinical syndromes of melioidosis and the diagnostic dilemma are discussed.
=>膨らみ, 出っ張り, 腫瘍
Overview of noun tumor
The noun tumor has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (18) tumor, tumour, neoplasm -- (an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose)
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