title: Neuroblastoma of the anterior mediastinum in an 80-year-old woman.
abstract: A 7-cm anterior mediastinal tumor in an 80-year-old woman was found by light and electron microscopy to be a neuroblastoma. Immunoreactivity for neuron-specific enolase, synaptophysin, and chromogranin supported the diagnosis. Neuroblastoma is an uncommon tumor in adults and we are not aware of a previous report of such a tumor in a patient of this age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Memorial Hospital-Memorial City, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Salter
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Ordóñez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mackay
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003712:Dendrites / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008870:Microtubules / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure