Chronic fibrosing mediastinitis and superior vena caval obstruction from blastomycosis.
Chronic fibrosing mediastinitis is most commonly a complication of granulomatous disease caused by histoplasmosis. We report a case of Blastomyces dermatitidis causing superior vena caval obstruction from fibrosing mediastinitis.
Lagerstrom
C F
CF
Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
Mitchell
H G
HG
Graham
B S
BS
Hammon
J W
JW
D000368:Aged; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000150:complications*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery