title: Chronic fibrosing mediastinitis and superior vena caval obstruction from blastomycosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Lagerstrom
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hammon
mesh_terms: 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