title: Calcifying Fibrous Pseudotumor of the Posterior Mediastinum With Encapsulation of the Thoracic Duct.
abstract: We report the first case of calcifying fibrous pseudotumor (CFPT) to arise in the posterior mediastinum with encapsulation of the thoracic duct. This exceedingly rare lesion was incidentally discovered in an asymptomatic young woman and treated with surgical resection, requiring ligation and excision of the thoracic duct. There has been no evidence of tumor recurrence or postoperative complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Sumudu N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Dissanayake
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hagen
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fedenko
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: christopher.lee.1@med.usc.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology; D013897:Thoracic Duct / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed