title: [A case of mediastinal ganglioneuroma in an elderly patient].
abstract: A 64-year-old woman was found to have a posterior mediastinal mass. X-ray findings revealed a neurogenic tumor, i.e., a schwannoma or neurofibroma. Postoperative pathological examination of the resected tumor showed it to be a ganglioneuroma an extremely rare occurrence, given the fact that the mediastinal ganglioneuroma tends to be diagnosed in adolescents and young adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horio
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nomori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morinaga
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fuyuno
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged