Acute Acute<unk>  is an infectious process and can cause fever, chills, tachycardia. Pain can occur with<unk>  but the location of the pain depends on which part of the mediastinum is involved. When the upper mediastinum is involved, the pain is typically retro-sternal pain. When the lower mediastinum is involved, pain can be located between in the scapulae and radiate around to the chest. Chronic Symptoms depend on what organs of the mediastinum the disease is affecting. They might be caused by a constricted airway, constricted esophagus, or constricted blood vessels. Symptoms also depend on how mush fibrosis has occurred. There may be cough, shortness of breath, coughing up blood, pain in the chest, and difficulty in swallowing.
Mediastinitis
Tonsillitis
Bronchitis
Tracheal tumor
Tracheitis
Lung abscess
Croup
Tracheobronchitis