Open AccessSclerosing Mediastinitis Presenting as Complete Heart Block
Author(s) -
Reena Bharadwaj,
Manoj Gopal Madakshira,
Prashant Bharadwaj,
Hardeep Singh Sidhu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/26349.9786
Subject(s) - medicine , dysphagia , mediastinum , endomyocardial fibrosis , hilum (anatomy) , superior vena cava , surgery , radiology , fibrosis
Sclerosing Mediastinitis (SM) is a rare condition which is characterized by the presence of dense fibrosis which infiltrates and encroaches upon various structures in the mediastinal cavity. Depending on the extent and the predominant organ of involvement, the patient presents with symptomatology of dysphagia, superior vena cava compression syndrome or dyspnoea. However, the involvement of the heart is rarely seen. Aetiologies of SM are several, with infections being the most common. We discuss a case of SM involving the oesophagus, descending aorta, hilum of lungs and the heart secondary to mucormycosis in an immunocompetent male.