Giant benign mesenchymoma of the mediastinum causing superior vena cava syndrome: report of a case.
The surgical resection of a giant primary mediastinal mesenchymoma causing superior vena cava syndrome is herein described. A 53-year-old man was admitted to the hospital complaining of severe dyspnea. A chest roentgenogram showed a large mediastinal mass shadow compressing the superior vena cava. At surgery, a yellow tumor measuring 27 x 25 x 12 cm and weighing 3,620 g was resected. The histological diagnosis was benign mesenchymoma. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful with a successful resolution of his superior vena cava syndrome.
Ohara
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Jichi Medical School, School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Fukushima
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Hasegawa
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Kitamura
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Kawai
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D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008637:Mesenchymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*