Giant Intrathoracic Mass in a Young Woman With Acute Kidney Injury

Anna Matyjek; Olga Stanowska; Lukasz Talarek; Michal Wagrodzki; Katarzyna Olszewska; Patricia Castaneda-Wysocka; Joanna Owczarek; Malgorzata Szolkowska; Monika Prochorec-Sobieszek; Aleksandra Rymarz; Stanislaw Niemczyk

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.050

Giant Intrathoracic Mass in a Young Woman With Acute Kidney Injury

Chest. 2021 Aug;160(2):e217-e223. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.050.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Diseases, Nephrology and Dialysis, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: matyjek.anna@gmail.com.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Diagnostics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
³ Department of Lung Cancer and Thoracic Tumors, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
⁴ Department of Translational and Molecular Medicine, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
⁶ Department of Pathology, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
⁷ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Diagnostics, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Pathology, Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
⁸ Department of Internal Diseases, Nephrology and Dialysis, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.

PMID: 34366048
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.050

Abstract

A 35-year-old woman without past medical history sought treatment for fatigue and dry cough of 3 weeks' duration. Basic laboratory tests revealed severe anemia. She had no history of bleeding, hemoptysis, dyspnea, or fever. The patient was admitted for RBC transfusion and more extensive diagnostics.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Kidney Injury / diagnosis*
Acute Kidney Injury / therapy
Adult
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis / diagnosis*
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis / therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Imaging
Female
Fibroadenoma / diagnosis*
Fibroadenoma / pathology
Fibroadenoma / surgery
Humans
Lipoma / diagnosis*
Lipoma / pathology
Lipoma / surgery
Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Mediastinal Neoplasms / pathology
Mediastinal Neoplasms / surgery
Peritoneal Dialysis
Physical Examination
Thymus Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Thymus Neoplasms / pathology
Thymus Neoplasms / surgery