title: A case of schwannoma of the mesoesophagus displaced from the left to the right of the posterior mediastinum.
abstract: Although schwannomas are the most common neurogenic tumors found in the thorax, schwannomas of the mesoesophagus are extremely rare. We report a case of an 80-year-old man having a tumor in contact with the esophagus in the left posterior mediastinum. A preoperative follow-up computed tomography scan showed tumor displacement from the left to the right of the posterior mediastinum. The patient underwent surgery, and the tumor was diagnosed as a schwannoma of the mesoesophagus. The tumor might have been displaced from the left to the right of the posterior mediastinum because it was located in the mesoesophagus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Medical College Hospital, 2-7 Daigaku-cho, Takatsuki, 569-8686, Japan. skiyoshi@osaka-med.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Medical College Hospital, 2-7 Daigaku-cho, Takatsuki, 569-8686, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ichihashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Medical College Hospital, 2-7 Daigaku-cho, Takatsuki, 569-8686, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fumimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Medical College Hospital, 2-7 Daigaku-cho, Takatsuki, 569-8686, Japan.
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ochi
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Medical College Hospital, 2-7 Daigaku-cho, Takatsuki, 569-8686, Japan.
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanki
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ujigawa Hospital, Uji, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Medical College Hospital, 2-7 Daigaku-cho, Takatsuki, 569-8686, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuharu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hanaoka
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Medical College Hospital, 2-7 Daigaku-cho, Takatsuki, 569-8686, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katsumata
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Mesoesophagus; Posterior mediastinum; Schwannoma