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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 54(6), 1996, pp. 596-599
Copyright © 1996 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Short Report: A Case of Fibrosing Mediastinitis Caused by Wuchereria bancrofti

Holly M. Gilbert AND Barry J. Hartman
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York

Wuchereria bancrofti is a mosquito-borne filarial nematode that commonly invades lymphatic vessels. Common clinical manifestations include elephantiasis, orchitis, epididymitis, and chyluria. This report concerns an Egyptian man who developed superior vena cava syndrome secondary to a mediastinal mass that was found to contain a filarial nematode consistent with W. bancrofti. This is the first case, to our knowledge, of this parasite causing fibrosing mediastinitis.






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