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Mediastinal mass with fever and night sweats in a young farmer — potential pitfalls in the diagnostic work-up and treatment

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A 26-year-old farmer was admitted to the hospital because of a mediastinal mass.

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  1. Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Pathology, Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland

    R. A. Joss & J.-O. Gebbers

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  1. Department of Oncology, University College London Medical School, The Middlesex Hospital, London, UK

    R. L. Souhami

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Joss, R.A., Gebbers, JO. (1997). Mediastinal mass with fever and night sweats in a young farmer — potential pitfalls in the diagnostic work-up and treatment. In: Souhami, R.L. (eds) The Teaching Cases from Annals of Oncology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5456-7_8

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