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Fibrosing Mediastinitis: Uncommon Life-threatening Complication of Histoplasmosis
Histoplasmosis involving mediastinum is very rare which can present as a mediastinal mass or fibrosing mediastinitis. Fibrosing mediastinitis can be life-threatening if left untreated due to the involvement of the surrounding visceral and vascular structures. We present an interesting case of fibros...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6017159/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29946500 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2532 |
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author | Khalid, Muhammad Khan, Imran Rahman, Zia Alazzeh, Ahmad Youssef, Dima |
author_facet | Khalid, Muhammad Khan, Imran Rahman, Zia Alazzeh, Ahmad Youssef, Dima |
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description | Histoplasmosis involving mediastinum is very rare which can present as a mediastinal mass or fibrosing mediastinitis. Fibrosing mediastinitis can be life-threatening if left untreated due to the involvement of the surrounding visceral and vascular structures. We present an interesting case of fibrosing mediastinitis due to histoplasmosis presented with palpitations, chest pain and dyspnea. The patient had mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy with calcification on chest imaging. The patient was diagnosed on lymph node biopsy and treated with antifungals. |
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spelling | pubmed-60171592018-06-26 Fibrosing Mediastinitis: Uncommon Life-threatening Complication of Histoplasmosis Khalid, Muhammad Khan, Imran Rahman, Zia Alazzeh, Ahmad Youssef, Dima Cureus Internal Medicine Histoplasmosis involving mediastinum is very rare which can present as a mediastinal mass or fibrosing mediastinitis. Fibrosing mediastinitis can be life-threatening if left untreated due to the involvement of the surrounding visceral and vascular structures. We present an interesting case of fibrosing mediastinitis due to histoplasmosis presented with palpitations, chest pain and dyspnea. The patient had mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy with calcification on chest imaging. The patient was diagnosed on lymph node biopsy and treated with antifungals. Cureus 2018-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6017159/ /pubmed/29946500 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2532 Text en Copyright © 2018, Khalid et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Khalid, Muhammad Khan, Imran Rahman, Zia Alazzeh, Ahmad Youssef, Dima Fibrosing Mediastinitis: Uncommon Life-threatening Complication of Histoplasmosis |
title | Fibrosing Mediastinitis: Uncommon Life-threatening Complication of Histoplasmosis |
title_full | Fibrosing Mediastinitis: Uncommon Life-threatening Complication of Histoplasmosis |
title_fullStr | Fibrosing Mediastinitis: Uncommon Life-threatening Complication of Histoplasmosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Fibrosing Mediastinitis: Uncommon Life-threatening Complication of Histoplasmosis |
title_short | Fibrosing Mediastinitis: Uncommon Life-threatening Complication of Histoplasmosis |
title_sort | fibrosing mediastinitis: uncommon life-threatening complication of histoplasmosis |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6017159/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29946500 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2532 |
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