TY - JOUR
T1 - Fibrosing mediastinitis presenting as pulmonary stenosis
T2 - Stenting works
AU - Satpathy, Ruby
AU - Aguila, Virginia
AU - Mohiuddin, Syed M.
AU - Khan, Ijaz A.
PY - 2007/6/12
Y1 - 2007/6/12
N2 - A rare case of fibrosing mediastinitis from histoplasmosis with extrinsic compression of the right pulmonary artery is reported. A 41-year-old patient presented with worsening symptoms of cough, fever, migratory arthralgia, chest pain, and progressive dyspnea. The pulmonary artery involvement was suspected by transthoracic echo and was confirmed by transesophageal echo, CT scan of chest, and right heart catheterization. Diagnosis of histoplasmosis was confirmed by biopsy and serological tests. Patient has been free from symptoms of pulmonary stenosis for 4 years after successful pulmonary artery stenting.
AB - A rare case of fibrosing mediastinitis from histoplasmosis with extrinsic compression of the right pulmonary artery is reported. A 41-year-old patient presented with worsening symptoms of cough, fever, migratory arthralgia, chest pain, and progressive dyspnea. The pulmonary artery involvement was suspected by transthoracic echo and was confirmed by transesophageal echo, CT scan of chest, and right heart catheterization. Diagnosis of histoplasmosis was confirmed by biopsy and serological tests. Patient has been free from symptoms of pulmonary stenosis for 4 years after successful pulmonary artery stenting.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.01.030
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.01.030
M3 - Article
C2 - 17399816
AN - SCOPUS:34247619841
VL - 118
SP - e85-e86
JO - International Journal of Cardiology
JF - International Journal of Cardiology
SN - 0167-5273
IS - 3
ER -