title: Mediastinal neurothekeoma: a rare tumor.
abstract: Neurothekeoma, also known as nerve sheath myxoma, is a benign nerve sheath tumor that usually arises in the cutaneous nerves of the head, neck, or upper extremities. Extracutaneous placement is very rare. Mediastinal neurothekeoma has not previously been reported in the English literature. A 30-year-old woman was admitted to our clinic with back pain. A smooth-edged mass found in her paravertebral region, and a neurogenic tumor was suspected. The tumor was completely excised. Final pathology revealed it to be a mediastinal neurothekeoma.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Aksaray State Hospital, Aksaray, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muhammet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sayan
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey alicelik78@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Onur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ertunc
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Uluoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdullah Irfan
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Tastepe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology*; D018321:Neurothekeoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Mediastinal neoplasms; mediastinum; nerve sheath neoplasms; neurothekeoma