title: Idiopathic fibrosis of the lateral compartment of the neck.
abstract: We report a case of idiopathic fibrosis of the lateral compartment of the neck. Twenty-four years after the onset of swelling of the neck 14 years after biopsy, the patient remains only mildly sympatomatic. Histologically, it appears to be a homologue of the other idiopathic fibrosing syndromes such as retroperitoneal fibrosis, mediastinal fibrosis, sclerosing cholangitis, fibrosis of the orbit, and Riedel's struma.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology; D009333:Neck / Q000098:blood supply; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000473:pathology; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000209:etiology