Tuberculous fibrosing mediastinitis: CT and MRI findings

Atasoy C., FİTOZ Ö. S., Erguvan B., Akyar S.

JOURNAL OF THORACIC IMAGING, vol.16, no.3, pp.191-193, 2001 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/00005382-200107000-00011
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THORACIC IMAGING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.191-193
  • Keywords: fibrosing mediastinitis, tuberculosis, CT, MRI
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.