title: Thoracoscopic Surgery for Glomus Tumor: An Uncommon Mediastinal Neoplasm and Iatrogenic Tracheal Rupture.
abstract: Mediastinal glomus tumors are rarely recognized, and only seven cases have been reported in the literature. Here, we describe a rare mediastinal glomus tumor and review the characteristics of this rare clinical case. The patient was a 50-year-old female who presented with coughing for 3 months. Her chest computed tomography scan demonstrated a localized tumor in the posterior superior mediastinum. Intraoperatively, we found a longitudinal rupture of the membranous trachea above the carina. We completely resected the tumor and repaired the tracheal rupture under a thoracoscopy using a pedicled muscle flap. The tissue was diagnosed as a mediastinal glomus tumor according to its histological and immunophenotypic characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Taizhou Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China.
authors.forename: Zhongjie
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Taizhou Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China.
authors.forename: Dehua
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Taizhou Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China.
authors.forename: Baofu
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0104-6548
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Taizhou Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang, China.
authors.forename: Huarong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Luo