title: [Mediastinal dumbbell angiolipoma].
abstract: Dumbbell tumors are extremely rare. Most are neurogenic in origin. Growth is both inside and outside the spinal canal, and symptoms debut with medullary or spinal compression. References to non-neurogenic dumbbell tumors are uncommon. This report describes the case of a 56 year-old woman with a dumbbell angiolipoma having mediastinal and spinal cord portions. The tumor was successfully resected using a two-stage procedure. First, the spinal portion was resected using a posterior neurosurgical approach, with improvement of symptoms. Then, the mediastinal portion was removed thoracoscopically.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Torácica y Cardiovascular. Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro. Madrid. España.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gámez García
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Pablo Gafas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salas Antón
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santolaya Cohen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Madrigal Royo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varela de Ugarte
mesh_terms: D018206:Angiolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome