Lymphome médiastinal révélé par un asthme non contrôlé

  • I BOUZID Service de pneumo-phtisiologie, unité Belloua, CHU Tizi-Ouzou
  • L IHADJADENE Service de pneumo-phtisiologie, unité Belloua, CHU Tizi-Ouzou
  • E SADI Service de pneumo-phtisiologie, unité Belloua, CHU Tizi-Ouzou
  • S MATMAR Service de pneumo-phtisiologie, unité Belloua, CHU Tizi-Ouzou
  • A BENFETTOUM Service de pneumo-phtisiologie, unité Belloua, CHU Tizi-Ouzou
  • N DAHMANE Service de pneumo-phtisiologie, unité Belloua, CHU Tizi-Ouzou
  • N HAMMACHE Service de pneumo-phtisiologie, unité Belloua, CHU Tizi-Ouzou
  • R ABDELLAZIZ Service de pneumo-phtisiologie, unité Belloua, CHU Tizi-Ouzou
Keywords: Dyspnée sifflante,, asthme, spirométrie, lymphome

Abstract

Abstract :
Bronchial asthma most commonly presents clinically as wheezing dyspnea. However, it is essential to
confirm the diagnosis of asthma through spirometry and consider differential diagnoses based on the
results. We report the case of a patient whose wheezing dyspnea was attributed to Hodgkin’s lymphoma,
misdiagnosed as asthma. It is crucial to perform additional investigations and consider differential
diagnoses of asthma when the condition does not respond to treatment.
Résumé :
L’asthme bronchique se manifeste le plus souvent cliniquement par une dyspnée sifflante. Il est toutefois
nécessaire de confirmer le diagnostic de l’asthme par une spirométrie et envisager des diagnostics
différentiels a l’asthme selon les résultats. Nous rapportons le cas d’un patient chez qui l’étiologie de sa
dyspnée sifflante était en rapport avec un lymphome hodgkinien, diagnostiqué àtort comme asthme. Il
est nécessaire de réaliser des examens complémentaires et d’évoquer les diagnostics différentiels de
l’asthme lorsquecelui-ci ne répond pas au traitement.

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Published
2024-10-01
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case report