BACKGROUND Myelolipoma is a rare benign tumor composed of mature adipose tissue and normal hematopoietic tissue. Although surgical resection has been recommended due to the potential of progressive enlargement, the natural history of mediastinal myelolipoma has not yet been described. Herein we report a surgically resected mediastinal myelolipoma showing gradual enlargement over a period of 9 y...

mediastinal teratomas are usually asymptomatic tumors, located most commonly in the anterior mediastinum. very rarely, such tumors may rupture into the tracheobronchial tree, lung, pleura or pericardium. computed tomography (ct) is helpful in the diagnosis and differentiation of ruptured and unruptured tumors. we report a case of ruptured anterior mediastinal teratoma in a 20-year-old female pr...

primary neuroendocrine carcinoma (nec) of the mediastinum is a rare type of carcinoma. according to the literature, only five cases of this condition have been reported so far. in this paper, we present a rare case of mediastinal nec of unknown primary site. the patient was a 34-year-old man with mediastinal nec, who presented with chronic dry cough and a right-sided mediastinal mass one year p...

Multicentric Castleman's disease is a polyclonal lymphoproliferative disorder. Recently, a new variant of the disease was reported and named TAFRO syndrome, an acronym for thrombocytopenia, ascites, myelofibrosis, renal dysfunction, and organomegaly. A 55-year-old woman presented to our hospital with dyspnea on exertion and high fever. Laboratory tests revealed anemia, thrombocytopenia, and pro...

OBJECTIVES Survival of patients with left-sided stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is unsatisfactory, probably because of the high incidence of contralateral mediastinal node involvement. In this study, occult micrometastases to the right upper mediastinal nodes were retrospectively investigated in patients with left-sided stage I NSCLC. METHODS Nineteen patients with clinical stage I...

Fibrosing mediastinitis (FM) is a rare disorder characterized by the invasive proliferation of fibrous tissue within the mediastinum. FM frequently results in the compression of vital mediastinal structures and has been associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Its pathogenesis remains unknown. However, in North America most cases are thought to represent an immune-mediated hypersens...

Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is rare in childhood. 18 cases of SVCS were seen in children ranging from 3-14 years with a mean age of 8.8 years. There were 15 males and 3 female children. Diagnosis could be confirmed in 17 cases as one child succumbed to severe respiratory distress without a definitive diagnosis. The commonest cause of SVCS was lymphoma. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) was mo...

The study points out the value of CT scan in the investigative algorithm of mediastinal lymphomas. Thirty-eight cases of mediastinal malignant lymphoma were evaluated in a statistical retrospective study. CT scan was used for staging the disease in 25 cases and for post-therapeutic evaluation in the other 13 cases. The CT scan for staging purpose has shown the presence of significant isolated a...

INTRODUCTION Giant coronary artery aneurysm is an extremely rare form of coronary artery disease. The most common cause of coronary artery aneurysms is atherosclerosis. Although it is usually asymptomatic, it may have various clinical presentations, including angina, myocardial infarction or sudden death. CASE PRESENTATION A 32-year-old woman presented with edema of the upper and lower limbs,...