A 50-year-old male underwent a checkup for an insurance company. Chest X-ray revealed a large ball-like lesion in the posterior mediastinum. The finding was confirmed by computed tomography (CT) scan (Figure 1). The patient was referred to our center, where he had a successful mass removal surgery (Figure 2). Pathology identified the mass as neurinoma. A B Figure 1. Chest X-ray (A) and computed...

Massive bleeding into an intracranial neurinoma is a rare event. The 12th case of this particular occurrence, which was precipitated by weight lifting, is described and a review of the literature is presented. Risk factors for bleeding appear to be tumor size and vascularity. Presenting symptomatology is abrupt and includes headache, nausea, vomiting, and depressed consciousness. Preexisting sy...

Tumors of the spleen are rare compared to the incidence of such tumors in other parenchymatous organs. Their classification has varied with both time and author. They can be divided into two main categories: nonlymphoid and lymphoid. The most common nonlymphoid tumors are the vascular tumors which include benign and malignant haemangiomas, littoral cell angiomas, lymphangiomas and haemangioendo...

A 50-year-old woman presented with an extremely uncommon case of solitary metastasis from follicular carcinoma of the thyroid, which presented clinically as trigeminal neurinoma. Neuroimaging detected a tumor in the right petrous apex, which was removed surgically. Histological examination showed metastatic follicular carcinoma of the thyroid. However, no primary tumor was detected by various i...

A subarachnoid hemorrhage due to an intra spinal tumor is a rare occurrence. According to Djindjian et al.'), only 45 such cases have been reported in the literature. Ependymomas of the cauda equina are the tumors most com monly asociated with subarachnoid hemor rhages, but other intraspinal tumors such as neurinomas and neurofibromas have also been associated with such hemorrhages in a few ins...