Tuberculous fibrosing mediastinitis: CT and MRI findings.
Fibrosing mediastinitis is a rare entity usually caused by granulomatous disease. Most cases develop as a complication of histoplasmosis. Mediastinal involvement caused by tuberculosis most often produces focally enlarged lymph nodes, with diffuse mediastinal involvement a very unusual manifestation of disease. The authors describe a patient with extensive tuberculous fibrosing mediastinitis, in whom fibrotic masses produced compression of airways and vascular structures with resultant parenchymal changes.
Atasoy
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Department of Radiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ibni Sina Hospital, Turkey. cetinatasoy@hotmail.com
Fitoz
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Erguvan
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Akyar
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D000328:Adult; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*