title: [Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor causing hemothorax; report of a case].
abstract: We herein report a case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor that caused a hemothorax. A 39-year-old male was found to have an abnormal shadow on a chest X-ray. Chest computed tomography showed a 60-mm tumor in the right posterior mediastinum. Fourteen months earlier, he underwent drainage of a hemothorax with a medaistinal tumor but refused to undergo further examinations. We performed a tumor resection combined with the right lower lobectomy and the partial resection of the pericardium because of invasion. The histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. Postoperative radiotherapy was performed. The patient has been well without recurrence for 9 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Teishin Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Eiki
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mizutani
authors.forename: Kazuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyanaga
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seike
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kishida
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed