Mediastinal fibrosis is characterized by invasive, calcified fibrosis centered on lymph nodes that block major vessels and airways. In Europe, this disease is exceptionally rare. More cases are seen in USA where the disease may often be associated with histoplasmosis.[2][3]
Mediastinal fibrosis
Mediastinal fibrosis is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner
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mediastinal, fibrosis, characterized, invasive, calcified, fibrosis, centered, lymph, nodes, that, block, major, vessels, airways, europe, this, disease, exceptionally, rare, more, cases, seen, where, disease, often, associated, with, histoplasmosis, inherited. Mediastinal fibrosis is characterized by invasive calcified fibrosis centered on lymph nodes that block major vessels and airways In Europe this disease is exceptionally rare More cases are seen in USA where the disease may often be associated with histoplasmosis 2 3 Mediastinal fibrosisMediastinal fibrosis is inherited in an autosomal recessive mannerSpecialtyPulmonologyCauseshistoplasmosisTreatmentglucocorticoids or immunosuppressants 1 See also editMediastinitisReferences edit Rossi Giovanni M Emmi Giacomo Corradi Domenico Urban Maria L Maritati Federica Landini Federica Galli Paola Palmisano Alessandra Vaglio Augusto June 2017 Idiopathic Mediastinal Fibrosis a Systemic Immune Mediated Disorder A Case Series and a Review of the Literature Clinical Reviews in Allergy amp Immunology 52 3 446 459 doi 10 1007 s12016 016 8584 1 PMID 27553003 S2CID 46747661 Davis AM Pierson RN Loyd JE 2001 Mediastinal fibrosis Seminars in Respiratory Infections 16 2 119 30 doi 10 1053 srin 2001 24242 PMID 11521244 Mitchell IM Saunders NR Maher O Lennox SC Walker DR 1986 Surgical treatment of idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis report of five cases Thorax 41 3 210 4 doi 10 1136 thx 41 3 210 PMC 460296 PMID 3715778 External links edit00762 at CHORUS nbsp This article about a medical condition affecting the respiratory system is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mediastinal fibrosis amp oldid 1179690250, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
