title: [A surgical case of giant mediastinal neurilemmoma].
abstract: A 45-year-old male was admitted to Nagoya University Hospital with dyspnea. He was examined by chest X-ray, CT, MRI, and bronchofiberscope. The chest X-ray showed a large abnormal shadow in the right lung field. A large tumor mass pressing the right lung occupied a half of thoracic cavity on a chest CT and MRI. Bronchofiberscopic findings showed a stenosis of the right intermediate bronchus. The clinical diagnosis was posterior mediastinal tumor. He underwent a posterolateral thoracotomy and the tumor was removed smoothly. The size of resected specimen was 15 x 13 x 11 cm. Histopathological examination of the specimen revealed a mediastinal neurilemmoma. He has been well for 4 months postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oobayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shigemitsu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imaizumi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueda
mesh_terms: D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome