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A 46-year-old woman presenting with a 3-week history of arm and leg pain and swelling was found to have a mediastinal mass on chest imaging, prompting a diagnostic procedure.
Case report of a 46-year-old woman presenting with extremity pain and swelling and a mediastinal mass.
Alerts clinicians to mediastinal masses in unexplained extremity edema; leaves open generalizability and need for prospective validation.
A 46-year-old woman presented with pain and swelling in her arms and lower legs for 3 weeks. Examination showed swelling and tenderness of the left arm and tenderness in both calves. Chest imaging revealed a mediastinal mass. A diagnostic procedure was performed.
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Seton et al. (2013) studied this question. A 46-year-old woman presenting with a 3-week history of arm and leg pain and swelling was found to have a mediastinal mass on chest imaging, prompting a diagnostic procedure.
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