title: [Thoracoscopic surgery combined with a supraclavicular approach for removing left superior mediastinal neurogenic tumor].
abstract: The patient was a 41-year-old female and had been pointed out an abnormal shadow at the left lung apex on the chest X-ray film. Chest computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a left upper mediastinal mass at the Th1 to Th2 level, measuring 30 mm in size, which was suspected to be a neurogenic tumor. Surgical removal of the tumor using thoracoscopic procedure through 3 chest ports combined with a supraclavicular approach was successfully performed. She was discharged from the hospital on the 7th postoperative day. A pathological examination revealed the tumor to be benign neurilemmoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamiyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy