[Case of multiple posterior mediastinal and retroperitoneal neurinomas].
We report a case of multiple neurinomas arising in the posterior mediastinum and the retroperitoneum. A 49-year-old man was admitted to our department for operation after an abnormal shadow appeared on routine chest X-ray film. A left adrenal tumor was found incidentally with ultrasonography at the time of a previous thoracic surgery. First, the posterior mediastinal tumor was surgically removed. Histologic diagnosis was neurinoma. After resection, endocrinologic findings were within normal limits. A left adrenal tumor was diagnosed, and surgery was performed. The tumor was separated from the adrenal gland; the histologic diagnosis was neurinoma. Neurinomas are usually solitary; multiple neurinomas are extremely rare.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
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D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed