Chronic mediastinitis
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Chronic mediastinal inflammation is a granulomatous, fibrous process of mostly unclear etiology. The occurrence of this disease is rare.
- Ormond's disease = idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis + retroperitoneal fibrosis.
Clinical picture[edit | edit source]
- At the beginning without difficulty,
- later upper vena cava syndrome, esophageal stenosis + tracheobronchial tree stenosis,
- X-ray: enlargement of the upper mediastinum, rarely calcification.
Therapy[edit | edit source]
- Surgical removal of mechanical compression, glucocorticoids.
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References[edit | edit source]
- CHILD, P., et al. Internal Medicine. 2. edition. Prague : Galén, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7262-496-6.
