title: [Vagal Nerve Schwannoma Complicated with Bloody Pleural Effusion；Report of a Case].
abstract: A 51-year-old male who had received hemodialysis twice a week was referred to our hospital for a further examination of bloody pleural effusion in the right chest. He has been suffering from a fever and cough for 2 months. Chest computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a pleural effusion in the right pleural cavity and posterior mediastinal tumor in paravertebral lesion. Chest drainage was performed, and cytological diagnosis did not show malignant findings. To make a definite diagnosis and treatment, surgical resection was carried out. During surgery, posterior mediastinal tumor originated from vagal nerve, and a schwannoma was diagnosed by frozen section. After resection, postoperative course was uneventful, and bloody pleural effusion disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan.
authors.forename: Shohei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oyama
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katahira
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yanagawa
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abiko
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiono
mesh_terms: D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D020421:Vagus Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery