title: Thoracoscopic pneumonectomy in management of histoplasmosis and fibrosing mediastinitis.
abstract: Pulmonary histoplasmosis is generally a self-limited respiratory illness in endemic areas. Fibrosing mediastinitis is a severe chronic complication of pulmonary histoplasmosis in which pulmonary vessels and airways can be compressed with the potential for life-threatening implications. We present a 50-year-old male patient who presented with a total occlusion of the left pulmonary artery due to fibrosing mediastinitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. Electronic address: volkan_kara@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: H Volkan
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Javidfar
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Sameer A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hirji
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Stafford S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Balderson
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: D'Amico
mesh_terms: D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*