title: [Tuberculous cysts of the mediastinum].
abstract: A 71-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with polycystic deformations in the left pulmonary hilus in the mediastinum, found in a routine chest X-ray. The patient had earlier been treated for pulmonary tuberculosis. Mediastinotomia was performed and thin-walled cysts with a creamy type of pus were found. Microbiological examinations revealed evidence of tubercle bacilli. Medical treatment for tuberculosis was begun, which led to recovery with regression of the cysts.
authors.affiliation: Radiologische Abteilung, Haderslev Krankenhaus, Dänemark.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Madsen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Tuberkulöse Zysten des Mediastinums.