title: Cervical manifestations of fibrosing mediastinitis: a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma.
abstract: Fibroinflammatory and fibrosclerosing lesions involving the head and neck outside the thyroid and orbit are exceedingly rare. We present two cases of fibroinflammatory and fibrosclerosing lesions originating in the mediastinum which extended superiorly to involve soft tissues of the neck. These cases indicate that a subset of fibroinflammatory and fibrosclerosing lesions found in the head and neck originate in the mediastinum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Meredith
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Madison
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Fechner
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology*