Computed tomography findings in tuberculous mediastinitis

David S. Mendelson; Burton A. Cohen; Daniel J. Krellenstein; Thomas C. Snyder

doi:10.1016/0149-936X(87)90002-6

Research Article| Volume 11, ISSUE 2, P123-127, April 1987

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Computed tomography findings in tuberculous mediastinitis

David S. Mendelson, MD
David S. Mendelson
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Address reprint requests to: David S. Mendelson, MD, Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, New York 10029.
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From the Departments of Radiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York, New York, USA
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Burton A. Cohen, MD
Burton A. Cohen
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From the Departments of Radiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York, New York, USA
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Daniel J. Krellenstein, MD
Daniel J. Krellenstein
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From the Departments of Radiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York, New York, USA
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Thomas C. Snyder, MD
Thomas C. Snyder
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From the Departments of Radiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York, New York, USA
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0149-936X(87)90002-6

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Abstract

Tuberculous mediastinitis can be an elusive diagnosis. Computed tomography may be performed in patients before establishing this diagnosis, and one should consider this disease when mediastinal mass with infiltration of adjacent fat planes is noted. Five such cases are described.

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