title: Takayasu's arteritis presenting as a mediastinal mass.
abstract: Patients with Takayasu's arteritis generally present with symptoms secondary to arterial insufficiency or with aneurysm formation. We report the unusual presentation and subsequent management of a patient with Takayasu's arteritis who developed symptoms secondary to an expanding mediastinal mass of unknown origin.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston 77030, USA.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Takach
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cooley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery