Open AccessAn Elderly Man with Mediastinal Mass and Sepsis
Author(s) -
Aliza MonroeWise,
Stephanie B. Troy,
John E. Drace,
Andrew Nevins
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000315143
Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinal mass , sepsis , intensive care medicine , mediastinum , radiology , surgery
was 12.9 ! 10 9 /l. The morning following admission, however, his systolic blood pressure dropped to the 70s, he became tachycardic, and his WBC count rose to 17 ! 10 9 /l. He was transferred to the ICU and given vasopressors and broad-spectrum antibiotics. A CT angiogram (CTA) showed no evidence of aortic dissection or significant vascular connection to the mass. Blood cultures grew Gram-positive cocci in pairs, chains, and groups. What is your diagnosis? Case Report
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