title: Primary myelolipoma in posterior mediastinum.
abstract: Myelolipoma in posterior mediastinum is indeed rare. As a benign tumor, it consists of mature fat with scattered foci of haematopoietic elements resembling bone marrow. The computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are effective methods to detect them, while the definite diagnosis still depends on pathological diagnosis. Up to now, there is no standard treatment for this disease. Surgery is thought to be the best choice in some literatures reports. In this paper, two patients with primary posterior mediastinal tumor are reported, both of whom were underwent Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Postoperative pathological diagnosis was myelolipoma.
authors.affiliation: 1 Thoracic Surgery Department, 2 Department of Orthopaedics, 3 General Surgery Department, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: 1 Thoracic Surgery Department, 2 Department of Orthopaedics, 3 General Surgery Department, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: 1 Thoracic Surgery Department, 2 Department of Orthopaedics, 3 General Surgery Department, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610000, China.
authors.forename: Yidan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
keywords: Mediastinum; extra-adrenal; myelolipoma; video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)