[Post-tuberculous fibrous mediastinitis: a report of a case followed-up for many years].

Abstract The paper reports a rare case of fibrosing mediastinitis of posttuberculous genesis caused by infection with Mycobacterium bovis. Such cases are not available in the literature so far. The patient was observed from 1956 to 2001. Bovine tubercle bacilla affect mediastinal lymph nodes which undergo fibrosis resulting in stenosis of the trachea, major bronchi, esophagus. Narrowing of the chest duct leads to formation of severe recurrent transudate in the left pleural cavity (for 3 years 70 pleural punctures were made with removal of a total of 22 l of fluid).