title: Video-assisted thoracic surgery mediastinal germ cell metastasis resection.
abstract: Thoracoscopy can be safely used for dissection of masses in the visceral mediastinum. We report the case of a 31-year-old man affected by metastatic germ cell tumour and successfully treated with a 3-port posterior approach video-assisted thoracic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic department, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nardini
authors.affiliation: King's College of London School of Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: Shruti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jayakumar
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Catania, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Migliore
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic department, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dunning
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D059146:Metastasectomy / Q000379:methods*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Mediastinal germ cell tumour; Non-seminomatous germ cell; VATS