title: Intrathoracic ganglioneuroma surrounding left vertebral and subclavian arteries successfully resected by modified trapdoor thoracotomy.
abstract: Neurogenic tumors are derived from tissue of the neural crest. Most of the mediastinal neurogenic tumors occur in the posterior compartment. Extension to the cervical area and the surrounding major arteries is rare. We report a patient with a ganglioneuroma arising from the brachial plexus, extending into the cervical region, and surrounding the left vertebral and subclavian arteries. The patient underwent successful resection by modified trapdoor thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Section of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okui
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.forename: Mitsutomo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: Yotaro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nomori
mesh_terms: D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult