title: Myelolipoma of the posterior mediastinum: report of a case.
abstract: Myelolipoma is an uncommon tumor composed of adipose tissue and normal hematopoietic elements, and is most often found in the adrenal glands. We report a patient with a posterior mediastinal myelolipoma. The 68-year-old male patient showed a right lower mediastinal shadow in a chest X-ray. A computed tomographic scan demonstrated a right posterior mediastinal mass. Magnetic resonance imaging provided additional useful information. The patient underwent a successful resection under video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Itabashi Central Medical Center, 2-12-7 Azusawa, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 174-0051, Japan, toshinariema09@yahoo.co.jp.
authors.forename: Toshinari
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ema
authors.forename: Ryoji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kawano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology*; D018209:Myelolipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed