title: Resection of a posterior mediastinal mass: Lessons learned from a failed exploration for presumed schwannoma.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. Electronic address: skim@surgery.arizona.edu.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, New York-Presbyterian/ Weil Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baaj
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
authors.forename: Alex G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Little
mesh_terms: D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D010348:Patient Care Team; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013908:Thoracotomy