# Idiopathic Mediastinal Fibrosis: A Study of a Case Using CT and Bronchoscopic Imaging

## TL;DR

This paper reports a rare case of fibrosing mediastinitis mistaken for cancer in a COPD patient, diagnosed using CT and bronchoscopic imaging.

## Contribution

The study highlights the diagnostic challenge of idiopathic fibrosing mediastinitis resembling bronchogenic cancer.

## Key findings

- Fibrosing mediastinitis was identified in a COPD patient after mediastinoscopy.
- The condition was initially mistaken for bronchogenic cancer due to imaging similarities.
- CT and bronchoscopic imaging were key in the diagnostic process.

## Abstract

An uncommon illness known as fibrosing mediastinitis causes the mediastinum to grow excessively thick fibrous tissue. Fungal or idiopathic origins are the most common etiologies of pathology. In an individual suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), fibrosing mediastinitis, which resembled a bronchogenic cancer, was identified during anatomopathological examination following mediastinoscopy.