A case of mediastinal and hilar lymphadenitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae
Yoko Tanakaa Kentaro Tagoa Tomoko Narabayashia Yuko Suzukia Yoshiaki Sasakia Kiyoshi Ohnob Yoshitomo Okumurac Seiki Hasegawad
aDepartment of Internal Medicine, Osaka Koseinenkin Hospital
bYagi Clinic
cDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Itami City Hospital
dDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine
A 40-year-old man visited our hospital for abnormal chest shadow. He had neither a cough nor a fever. In computed tomography, the mass containing swollen mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes en block was along the bronchus intermedius. A positron-emission tomography scan demonstrated abnormal accumulation in the same lesion. Upon an endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration, pus was aspirated from the lesion. Haemophilus influenzae was cultured from the pus, and lymphadenitis caused by H. influenzae was diagnosed.
Mediastinal and hilar lymphadenitis Haemophilus influenzae Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
Received 14 Jun 2011 / Accepted 8 Sep 2011
AJRS, 1(1): 73-77, 2012