Dyspnoea, thoracic pain and fever in a young caucasian female: A case report

Mediastinal masses with an aggressive behavior, should always be considered to be potentially malignant. Surgical biopsy, sometimes, can be the only way to correctly diagnose the pathological process, especially in the case of Hodgkin's lymphoma in which few diagnostic cells (Reed-Sternberg cells) are generally embedded in an abundant inflammatory background tissue.