Mediastinal Castleman's disease mimicking thoracic paravertebral schwannoma
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Mediastinal Castleman's disease mimicking thoracic paravertebral schwannoma.
A 51-year-old female underwent resection of a solid lesion in the posterior mediastinum, preoperatively interpreted at imaging as thoracic schwannoma, requiring double sequential surgical procedure to be resected. The histologic examination of the resected mass diagnosed a hyaline-vascular Castleman's disease.
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عنوان ژورنال: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1569-9293
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2011.272229