Mediastinal Glomus Tumor Resected by Thoracoscopy

Mediastinal Glomus Tumor: A Case Report and Literature Review.

A glomus tumor in the mediastinum is very uncommon, and only five cases have been reported in the English literature. We recently encountered a 21-year-old woman with an asymptomatic mediastinal mass that measured 5.3 × 4.0 cm. Surgical excision was performed, and the tumor was finally diagnosed as mediastinal glomus tumor with an uncertain malignant potential. After reviewing this case and pre...

Thoracoscopic Surgery for Glomus Tumor: An Uncommon Mediastinal Neoplasm and Iatrogenic Tracheal Rupture

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 mediastin...

Diagnosis and treatment of mediastinal tumors by thoracoscopy.

OBJECTIVES Thoracoscopic management of mediastinal tumors is still subject to analysis. Seventy-three patients underwent thoracoscopy for treatment of mediastinal masses and were analyzed retrospectively in order to evaluate the effectiveness and complications of the procedure. METHODS Between 1983 and 1999, 21 conventional thoracoscopies and 52 video-assisted thoracic surgeries were performe...

Diagnostic and therapeutic thoracoscopy for mediastinal disease.

OBJECTIVE AND METHODS In order to clarify the utility of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for mediastinal disease, we analyzed retrospectively 34 thoracoscopic surgical cases (seven lymph node, nine thymic, eight cystic and 10 cases with solid lesions that excluded thymic diseases) between February 1993 and July 2002. RESULTS In lymph node disease, adequate specimens were obtained ...

Mediastinoscopy, Mediastinotomy And Thoracoscopy For Mediastinal Lesions