scholarly journals Giant Mediastinal Ganglioneuroma in a Female Child

2020 ◽  
pp. 07-10
Author(s):  
Yasser A El Sayed ◽  
Moh Fathy ◽  
Mohammad Aleem ◽  
Alaa Eisa ◽  
Ashraf Enait ◽  
...  

We report an eight year female patient admitted to the department of pediatrics at Abbasia Pulmonary Hospital at Cairo, Egypt. The child was complaining of pain on the right lower chest and upper abdome. On evaluation by CT of the chest, there was a huge posterior mediastinal mass occupying more than three quarters of the right hemithorax. Preoperative histopathology using CT guided needle biopsy revealed ganglioneuroma. The tumor was resected completely via right standard postero-lateral thoracotomy without complications. Postoperative histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of ganglioneuroma. Keywords: Ganglioneuroma; Posterior mediastinum; Pediatrics

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  

We report an eight year female patient admitted to the department of pediatrics at Abbasia Pulmonary Hospital at Cairo, Egypt. The child was complaining of pain on the right lower chest and upper abdome. On evaluation by CT of the chest, there was a huge posterior mediastinal mass occupying more than three quarters of the right hemithorx. Preoperative histopathology using CT guided needle biopsy revealed ganglioneuroma. The tumor was resected completely via right standard posterolateral thoracotomy without complications. Postoperative histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of ganglioneuroma.


2005 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocco Bellantone ◽  
Celestino Pio Lombardi ◽  
Maurizio Bossola ◽  
Guido Fadda ◽  
Massimo Salvatori ◽  
...  

A case is presented of a posterior mediastinal mass arising in a 57-year-old woman with severe compressive cervical symptoms and hyperthyroidism. Computed tomography showed intrathoracic thyroid tissue that displaced the trachea towards the front and the right and invaded the posterior mediastinum. Pathological examination showed features of a poorly differentiated (insular) thyroid carcinoma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a posterior mediastinal insular thyroid carcinoma with thyroid hyperfunction.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 2722
Author(s):  
Maria Fesatidou ◽  
Vasiliki Fesatidou ◽  
Georgios Tsoulfas ◽  
Ioannis T. Fessatidis

Thoracotomy approach is indicated for a complete and safe posterior mediastinal goitre removal. A 68 years old male was hospitalized due to a right mediastinal mass found in a chest X-ray and confirmed by computed tomography. The patient had undergone total cervical thyroidectomy thirty years ago. A computed tomography (CT) guided percutaneous needle biopsy of the mass revealed thyroid tissue. Subsequently, the mass was completely resected through a right posterolateral thoracotomy. The histopathology confirmed a large mediastinal goitre with no signs of malignancy. The patient had an uncomplicated recovery. We present a relatively rare case of a successful resection of a posterior mediastinal goitre, occurring thirty years post-total cervical thyroidectomy. We advocate lateral thoracotomy to achieve a broad operative field and enhance surgical safety.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 306
Author(s):  
Jaykumar N. Punjani ◽  
Kesha K. Shah ◽  
Arun Kumar Haridas

Complete mediastinal plunging thyroid gland is a rare entity, accounting for 1% of all mediastinal tumours, particularly posterior mediastinal tumour much more rare. We would like to present, a 30-year-old lady presented to ENT department with neck swelling and its further investigation shown to be giant posterior mediastinal mass. Thyroid function tests were normal. CT scans of the neck and chest revealed a large right mediastinal mass compressing the trachea from the right side and extending to the superior part of the posterior mediastinum with enlarged right thyroid gland in the cervical position. Midline extended sternotomy was done for complete surgical excision of the mass along with right hemi thyroidectomy. It was well circumscribed, capsulated, multinodular firm inconsistency, and vascular. Histopathology revealed thyroid tissue negative for malignancy. Giant plunging thyroid in the mediastinum is very rare. It should be differentiated from other mediastinal mass. The plunging goiter in posterior mediastinum is surgically challenging. Transsternal surgical removal is the treatment of choice in such cases.


1998 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-303
Author(s):  
E. Çiftçi ◽  
I. Erden ◽  
K. Koral ◽  
S. Akyar

We report on a rare case of desmoid tumor in a 40-year-old man with low back pain and cough. There was no history of previous surgery or trauma. MR imaging revealed a posterior mediastinal mass extending into the abdominal cavity


2014 ◽  
Vol 8s4 ◽  
pp. CMC.S18767
Author(s):  
Supreeya Swarup ◽  
Sowmya Kantamneni ◽  
Sarah Kabir ◽  
Roman Zeltser ◽  
Amgad N. Makaryus

Incidental extracardiac findings (ECFs) are commonly noted on cardiac imaging. The majority of the ECFs are noticed on computed tomography (CT), cardiac magnetic resonance scanning, and myocardial perfusion imaging. Although transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is a widely used cardiac modality, there is scarcity of data describing ECF on TTE. ECFs have the potential to alter patient management. We present a rare case of a cystic mass seen in the posterior mediastinum on TTE, which led to further evaluation and diagnosis of esophagitis with ulceration.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene Rozen ◽  
Gary Stephens ◽  
Armand Asarian ◽  
Philip Xiao

We present a young patient with respiratory complaints that was found to have a mass in her right posterior mediastinum. The mass was diagnosed to be ectopic histologically unremarkable hepatic tissue. We have also reviewed several of the few intrathoracic ectopic liver cases in the literature, along with a brief discussion of the significance of such a finding.


Rare Tumors ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-33
Author(s):  
Monia Attia ◽  
Imen Megdiche ◽  
Henda Neji ◽  
Ameur Belhadj ◽  
Ines Baccouche ◽  
...  

Angiofibrolipoma is a histological variant of lipoma, which commonly occurs in subcutaneous tissues. In the present report we illustrate the case of an angiofibrolipoma of the posterior upper mediastinum in a 75-year-old man presented with progressive chest pain. Xray chest showed a homogeneous opacity vertically oriented along the right lateral aspect of thoracic vertebrae with an obtuse angle to the mediastinum. The upper extremity of the mass extended above the superior clavicle, suggestive of a posterior mediastinal lesion. Thoracic magnetic resonance imaging revealed a posterior mediastinal mass, in keeping with a nonaggressive lesion, with particular endocanalar extension and heterogeneous signal and enhancement patterns that was highly suggestive of a mixed mesenchymal tumor. The tumor was incompletely removed by right postero-lateral thoracotomy with final diagnosis of angiofibrolipoma. To the author's knowledge, such a case of angiofibrolipoma located in the posterior mediastinum has not been previously reported in the literature.


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