The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 43, 98-99, Copyright © 1987 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Tuberculosis presenting as stridor
RV Hodder, N Le Saux, FM Shamji and SH Kronick
A 40-year-old woman was seen with stridor and mediastinal widening
secondary to tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenopathy mimicking neoplasm.
Initially, stridor could only be controlled with high-dose corticosteroids,
but following initiation of antituberculous chemotherapy corticosteroids
were withdrawn successfully and the mediastinal lymphadenopathy resolved.