Table 2.

Clinical features and treatment outcomes of patients with fibrosing mediastinitis

Patient number	Age (years)	Gender	Symptoms	Tuberculosis	Airway flow obstruction	Treatment	Outcome
1	81	Male	Dyspnea, cough, expectoration	No	–	Bronchial dilator	Radiographic progression
2	55	Female	Dyspnea, cough, expectoration	Tuberculous pleuritis	Severe	Antituberculosis	No improvement
3	69	Male	Dyspnea	Pulmonary tuberculosis	Moderate	Bronchial dilator	Radiographic progression
4	70	Female	Dyspnea, cough	T-SPOT.TB (+)	Mild	Antituberculosis	No improvement
5	71	Male	Dyspnea	Pulmonary tuberculosis	–	Antituberculosis	No improvement
6	86	Female	Dyspnea	No	–	Bronchial dilator	Stable
7	73	Female	Dyspnea, cough, expectoration	No	Moderate	Antituberculosis	Improvement
8	87	Male	Cough, expectoration	No	–	Expectorant	Stable
9	66	Female	Dyspnea, cough	No	Moderate	Cough suppressant	Stable
10	70	Female	Dyspnea, cough	T-SPOT.TB (+)	Moderate	Antituberculosis	Improvement
11	88	Male	Dyspnea, cough, fever	No	Very severe	Bronchial dilator, antibiotics	–
12	77	Female	Dyspnea, cough, expectoration, fever	Scrofula	Moderate	Bronchial dilator, antibiotics	Stable
13	57	Male	Dyspnea, cough	T-SPOT.TB (+)	Severe	Bronchial dilator	Radiographic progression
14	73	Male	Dyspnea, cough	Bone tuberculosis	Moderate	Antituberculosis	No improvement
15	80	Male	Cough, dyspnea	T-SPOT.TB (+)	Mild	Antituberculosis	No improvement
16	55	Female	Dyspnea, cough, expectoration	Tuberculosis of the parotid gland	Mild	Antituberculosis	Improvement
17	43	Female	Dyspnea, cough	No	Very severe	Prednisone	Died
18	50	Female	Dyspnea, cough	Tuberculous pericarditis	–	Cough suppressant	–
19	66	Female	Fever, cough, expectoration	No	–	Antibiotics	Improvement
20	72	Female	Dyspnea, cough	Intestinal tuberculosis	Moderate	Antituberculosis	Radiographic progression