Idiopathic Mediastinal Fibrosis (2 case).
- Author:
Jae seung JUNG
1
;
Sung Ho LEE
;
Ho Sung SON
;
Seong Joon CHO
;
Kyung SUN
;
Kwang Taik KIM
;
Woon Young JUNG
;
Han Kyeom KIM
;
Hyoung Mook KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Anam Hospital, Korea University Medical Center, Korea. ktkim@korea.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mediastinal disease;
Fibrosis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aged;
Back Pain;
Biopsy;
Fibrosis*;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Mediastinal Diseases;
Thorax;
Vocal Cord Paralysis
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2003;36(2):113-117
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis is very rare. We report two cases of a 41-year-old man and 65-year-old man who presented with backache and vocal cord palsy, subsequently confirmed to be idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis. Preoperative chest computed tomography showed a mediastinal mass and oracoscopic biopsy was preformed. The mass was hard, dense and partially calcified, and adhered the adjacent mediastinal structure. Postoperative medical treatment was not performed, and during 5 and 7 month follow-up has not demonstrated any complication.
