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Lethal midline granuloma syndrome: a diagnostic dilemma

The rare lethal midline granuloma syndrome is difficult to diagnose because of the wide array of related diseases and lack of knowledge by the majority of physicians. In the present report, the authors describe the case of a patient with this disease, caused by squamous cell carcinoma, drawing attention to differential diagnoses and to clinical and radiological findings that may be useful to define the diagnosis.

Lethal midline granuloma; Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; Wegener's granulomatosis; Squamous cell carcinoma


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