title: Mediastinal angioleiomyoma.
abstract: We report a case of a mediastinal angioleiomyoma. The patient was a 64-year-old previously healthy man. Computed tomographic scan revealed a well-circumscribed tumor with a diameter of approximately 2 cm in the right anterior mediastinum. We removed the tumor through a midline sternotomy. Microscopic examination revealed a highly vascular mesenchymal tumor without cellular dysplasia or mitotic figures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo Medical Center for Adults, Akashi City, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidehito
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Terumasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sashikata
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsubota
mesh_terms: D018229:Angiomyoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed