Video-assisted thoracic surgery for mediastinal extramedullary haematopoiesis.
Extramedullary haematopoiesis is a rare cause of an intrathoracic mass. We report a case of posterior mediastinal extramedullary haematopoietic mass in a 50-year-old man who presented with non-specific symptoms and a paravertebral mass on chest X-ray. Diagnosis was achieved by using video-assisted thoracic surgery.
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Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Aha Tin, NT.
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Lee
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Sihoe
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Wan
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Arifi
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D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006411:Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods