[Chronic fibrous mediastinitis with a superior vena cava compression syndrome].
An observation of chronic fibrous mediastinitis in a woman of 32 with the previous history of puerperal sepsis with bilateral pneumonia is described. The disease manifested clinically by a syndrome of v. cava superior compression. Chronic inflammatory process in the mediastinal adipose tissue with the development of a rough fibrosis was found morphologically.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology*; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*
Khronicheskiĭ fibroznyĭ mediastinit s sindromom sdavleniia verkhneĭ poloĭ veny.