Chronic fibrosing mediastinitis and superior vena caval obstruction from blastomycosis

C F Lagerstrom; H G Mitchell; B S Graham; J W Hammon Jr

doi:10.1016/0003-4975(92)91025-5

Chronic fibrosing mediastinitis and superior vena caval obstruction from blastomycosis

Ann Thorac Surg. 1992 Oct;54(4):764-5. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(92)91025-5.

Authors

C F Lagerstrom¹, H G Mitchell, B S Graham, J W Hammon Jr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.

PMID: 1417237
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(92)91025-5

Abstract

Chronic fibrosing mediastinitis is most commonly a complication of granulomatous disease caused by histoplasmosis. We report a case of Blastomyces dermatitidis causing superior vena caval obstruction from fibrosing mediastinitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Blastomycosis / complications*
Chronic Disease
Female
Fibrosis / microbiology
Fibrosis / surgery
Humans
Mediastinitis / microbiology*
Mediastinitis / surgery
Mediastinum / microbiology
Mediastinum / pathology
Mediastinum / surgery
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / microbiology*
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / surgery