title: Transcatheter treatment of SVC syndrome from histoplasmosis-related mediastinal fibrosis in a 9-year old male.
abstract: We report a case of mediastinal fibrosis secondary to histoplasmosis in a 9-year old male, who presented with superior vena cava syndrome. He was successfully treated by percutaneous superior vena cava stent placement in the outpatient cardiac catheterization laboratory.
authors: Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Johansen
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Hoyer
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Kleiman
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation; D002648:Child; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D015607:Stents; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: diagnostic cardiac catheterization; pediatric interventions; superior vena cava syndrome