SHORT REPORT - A CASE OF FIBROSING MEDIASTINITIS CAUSED BY WUCHERERIA-BANCROFTI

Authors
GILBERT HM HARTMAN BJ
Citation
Hm. Gilbert et Bj. Hartman, SHORT REPORT - A CASE OF FIBROSING MEDIASTINITIS CAUSED BY WUCHERERIA-BANCROFTI, The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 54(6), 1996, pp. 596-599
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Tropical Medicine
Journal title
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029637
Volume
54
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
596 - 599
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9637(1996)54:6<596:SR-ACO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Wuchereria bancrofti is a masquito-borne filarial nematode that common ly invades lymphatic vessels. Common clinical manifestations include e lephantiasis, orchitis, epididymitis, and chyluria. This report concer ns an Egyptian man who developed superior vena cava syndrome secondary to a mediastinal mass that was found to contain a filarial nematode c onsistent with W. bancrofti. This is the first case, to our knowledge, of this parasite causing fibrosing mediastinitis.