title: [A "dumbell" tumor of the mediastinum--case report].
abstract: Tumours situated in the posterior mediastinum and spreading to the spinal canal via the intervertebral opening are described as "dumbbell" tumours. The authors submit the case-history of a 44-year-old patient admitted to the Second Surgical Clinic Pasteur Faculty Hospital, Safarík University Kosice after repeated laminectomy and extirpation of the intraspinally spreading part of a mediastinal tumour. The mediastinal part of the tumour was removed surgically, the histological result was described as a melanotic schwannoma. The postoperative course was without complications, the patient was discharged home in a good condition on the 8th day after the operation. In the conclusion the authors emphasize the necessity to remove the tumour in toto. A one-stage operation in collaboration with a neurosurgeon seems appropriate.
authors.affiliation: II. chirurgická klinika FN L. Pasteura, LF UPJS Kosice.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Belák
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vajó
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Böör
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janík
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sauka
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lukác
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Menová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stebnický
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kudlác
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000473:pathology