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Thoracoscopic pneumonectomy in management of histoplasmosis and fibrosing mediastinitis.

Abstract
Pulmonary histoplasmosis is generally a self-limited respiratory illness in endemic areas. Fibrosing mediastinitis is a severe chronic complication of pulmonary histoplasmosis in which pulmonary vessels and airways can be compressed with the potential for life-threatening implications. We present a 50-year-old male patient who presented with a total occlusion of the left pulmonary artery due to fibrosing mediastinitis.
AuthorsH Volkan Kara, Jeffrey Javidfar, Sameer A Hirji, Stafford S Balderson, Thomas A D'Amico
JournalThe Annals of thoracic surgery (Ann Thorac Surg) Vol. 98 Issue 4 Pg. e95-6 (Oct 2014) ISSN: 1552-6259 [Electronic] Netherlands
PMID25282249 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Topics
  • Histoplasmosis (surgery)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mediastinitis (surgery)
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonectomy (methods)
  • Sclerosis (surgery)
  • Thoracoscopy (methods)

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