MEDIASTINAL SARCOIDOSIS MASS REVEALED BY PROGRESSIVE DYSPHAGIA – CASE REPORT

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Article Title:	MEDIASTINAL SARCOIDOSIS MASS REVEALED BY PROGRESSIVE DYSPHAGIA – CASE REPORT
Authors:	Ion Dina1, Octav Ginghina2*, Razvan Iosifescu2, George Traian Alexandru Burcea Dragomiroiu3, Corina Dalia Toderescu4, Geoge Ciprian Pribac5,6, Bianca Galateanu7, Cristian Balalau8, Claudia Gutu7, Carolina Negrei9
Affiliation:	1“St. John Emergency Hospital” Bucharest, Gastroenterology- 2nd Medical Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “ Carol Davila”, Bucharest 2“St. John Emergency Hospital” Bucharest, Surgical Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “ Carol Davila”, Bucharest 3Department of Drug Control, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, Bucharest, Romania 4Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ”Vasile Goldis” Western University of Arad, 91-93, L. Rebreanu Street, Arad, Romania 5 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Institute, ”Vasile Goldis” Western University of Arad, 91-93, L. Rebreanu Street, Arad, Romania 6 Department of Histopathology, Clinical Emergency County Hospital Arad, Romania 7Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania 8“Sf. Pantelimon” Hospital Bucharest, Surgical Clinic, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 340-342, Pantelimon Street, Bucharest, Romania 9Department of Toxicology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract:	Dysphagia is considered a digestive symptom caused not only by intrinsic gastrointestinal diseases, but also by extradigestive conditions. The mechanism of progressive dysphagia encountered in extraluminal esophageal diseases is related to extrinsic esophageal compression. Besides intraesophageal pathology responsible for dysphagia development, there have been described several causes, less frequently encountered in clinical practice: mediastinal tumors or masses of different etiologies, pericardial effusion, surgical changes, vascular compression. We report a case of sarcoidosis expressed by a giant posterior mediastinal lymphadenopathy that presented in a gastroenterology clinic for progressive dysphagia.
Keywords:	dysphagia – mediastinal, mass- sarcoidosis, mediastinal lymphadenopathy
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*Correspondence:	Octav Ginghina, “Sf. Ioan” Emergency Hospital, Surgical Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “ Carol Davila”, 13, Vitan-Bârzesti Street, 042122, Bucharest, Romania, +40213345170/+40213345970, email: ScienceContactEmail@gmail.com