%0 Journal Article
%T An Adolescent with Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Idiopathic Fibrosing Mediastinitis: Case Report
%A Serta£¿ Hanedan Onan
%A Sadettin Sezer
%A Ali Baykan
%A Ertu£¿rul Mavili
%J Erciyes Medical Journal
%D 2012
%I Aves Yayincilik
%K Pulmonary hypertension is an important determinant of morbidity and mortality in many diseases
%K including congenital heart disease and respiratory disease. Fibrosing mediastinitis is a rare disorder caused by proliferation of acellular collagen. In fibrosing mediastinitis
%K clinical presentation is determined by compression to the vital mediastinal organs. Fibrosing mediastinitis may rarely lead to pulmonary veno-occlusive disease. In this case report
%K a 16 year old boy with pulmonary arterial hypertensio
%U Child, mediastinitis, pulmonary artery, pulmonary hypertension