title: [Upper inflow congestion as initial manifestation of idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis].
abstract: In about 90% of superior vena caval obstructions the cause is a neoplasm, generally a carcinoma of the right upper lobe. Fewer than 5 percent are due to inflammatory disease of the mediastinum. A case of idiopathic, fibrosing mediastinitis with occlusion of the superior vena cava is described. The clinical symptoms, radiographic finding, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Radiologische Universitätsklinik Bonn.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Jakob
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schweden
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitze
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene
vernacular_title: Obere Einflussstauung als Erstmanifestation der idiopathischen Mediastinalfibrose.