eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | fibrosing mediastinitis |
| Comorbidity | C0019655|histoplasmosis |
| Sentences | 2 |
| PubMedID- 21278182 | We present an adult with histoplasmosis induced fibrosing mediastinitis resulting in pulmonary artery stenosis that was successfully treated with cutting balloon angioplasty and subsequent stent deployment. |
| PubMedID- 25940591 | The rarity of post-histoplasmosis fibrosing mediastinitis (phfm) in areas where h. capsulatum is endemic suggests that an abnormal immunological host response may be responsible for the development of fibrosis. |
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