We report a novel surgical strategy for the resection of a rare type of posterior mediastinal tumour in a young patient. A melanotic schwannoma arose from the left thoracic sympathetic chain, adjacent to the origin of the artery of Adamkiewicz. Successful excision of this tumour via a minimally invasive approach without arterial or spinal cord injury was possible with the aid of neurological mo...

We report a case of mediastinal peripheral T-cell lymphoma not otherwise specified (PTCL-NOS) diagnosed by repeated biopsies. A 44-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a 2-week history of facial swelling, neck distension, and dyspnoea on exertion. Computed tomography of the chest showed a mediastinal mass. Initial needle biopsy and video-assisted thoracoscopic biopsy revealed the path...

printing supported by . Visit Chiesi at Stand B2.10 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH 2012 Methods: Nodal and tumour samples positive for lung cancer were obtained with EBUS-TBNA. The methylation status of DAPK, p16, RASSF1, APC and CDH13 genes was determined by methylation-sensitive high resolution melting Results: 23 samples were analysed, 15 samples (12 mediastinal nodes, 1 lobar node and 2 tumour) wer...

BACKGROUND Head and neck paragangliomas are rare tumours and can arise as a part of inherited syndromes. Their association with thymic tumour is not well known. CASE DESCRIPTION This report describes a female patient who presented with right sided neck paragangliomas. The histology of the tumour was consistent with paraganlioma. Few years later her MRI scan of the chest revealed presence of a...

BACKGROUND Though widely used, little is known about accuracy and efficacy of same-day, invasive workup of suspected lung cancer. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the accuracy and efficacy of same-day, invasive lung cancer workup (diagnosis and mediastinal staging), and to identify differences between patients without (Group A) or with (Group B) need for resampling. METHODS A retrospective study was p...

Hibernomas are rare benign tumours that arise most often in adults from the remnants of fetal brown adipose tissue. They usually affect muscle and subcutaneous tissue and are asymptomatic and slow growing. The distribution of this tumour follows the sites of persistence of brown fat. Out of more then 100 cases described in the word literature only three hybernomas were mediastinal. A recent cli...

Background: Primary localized mediastinal mesothelioma is a rare tumour which accounts for about 0.7% of all mesotheliomas. The mesothelial cells lining the pericardium are suggested as most probable origin. Mediastinal pleural distinctly uncommon, has only been reported in single case. Case presentation: We report case 57 years old man with primary involving middle and posterior upper mediasti...