title: Double simultaneous cysts of the mediastinum.
abstract: We describe a rare case of double mediastinal tumors in a 60-year-old male with spinocerebellar degeneration. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) accidentally revealed double cystic tumors in the anterior and posterior mediastinum. Surgical management by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) was successfully performed. The histological diagnoses were confirmed as a thymic cyst in the anterior and a thoracic duct cyst in the posterior mediastinum, respectively.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South 1 West 17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itimiya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013132:Spinocerebellar Degenerations / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed