title: A case of Mullerian cyst arising in posterior mediastinum.
abstract: A mediastinal Mullerian cyst was initially reported as a new category of congenital cyst by Hattori, et al. in 2005. We treated a 53-year-old female referred to us with a posterior mediastinal tumor found at the Th5 prevertebral level by chest-computed tomography during a medical check-up. She had a history of mediastinal teratoma, which was removed at the age of 35. Chest magnetic resonance imaging revealed homogenous, high-intensity signals in T2-weighted images. The lesion was resected using a thoracoscopic procedure, and histologic and immunohistochemical staining revealed a ciliated cyst of Mullerian origin. The newly established mediastinal Mullerian cyst should be included in the differential diagnosis of posterior mediastinal cysts.
authors: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan.
authors: Satoru
authors: S
authors: Kobayashi
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Inoue
authors: Yoko
authors: Y
authors: Karube
authors: Makio
authors: M
authors: Hayama
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Oyaizu
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Honma
authors: Masayuki
authors: M
authors: Chida
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009095:Mullerian Ducts; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed