introduction:neurogenic mediastinal tumors comprise a wide range of benign and malignant diseases. a group of these tumors, located at thoracic apex, sometimes spread to cervical spaces causing numerous surgical difficulties. in thoracotomy approaches, due to proximity of the tumors to major blood vessels, complete removal of these tumors from cervical spaces is impossible or may cause intraope...

The authors report on 3 infants below 6 months of age at diagnosis, with cervicomediastinal neuroblastoma who presented with life-threatening tracheal obstruction as an oncologic emergency. These neuroblastomas were characterized by favorable biology and chemoresistance. All initially grew rapidly before spontaneously regressing. Nerve injuries occurred in all patients as a result of tumor loca...

Primary cardiac tumors are rare and myxomas are the most frequent. Cystic lymphangiomas are most often of cervicomediastinal locations and are exceedingly rare in the mediastinum. Cystic lymphangioma involving the heart has never been reported. We report a case of cystic lymphangioma involving the posterior wall of left atrium mimicking a mediastinal tumor. Complete resection was performed via ...

Introduction:Neurogenic mediastinal tumors comprise a wide range of benign and malignant diseases. A group of these tumors, located at thoracic apex, sometimes spread to cervical spaces causing numerous surgical difficulties. In thoracotomy approaches, due to proximity of the tumors to major blood vessels, complete removal of these tumors from cervical spaces is impossible or may cause intraope...

Many approaches for mediastinal tumor resection have been reported. Superior mediastinal tumors that involve the thoracic inlet and adjacent structures pose problems to thoracic surgeons. The cervicothoracic junction is difficult to access because of the crowded anatomy of this region. No single approach provides the best access to all of the tumors in this region. We introduce the cervical-tho...

VOL. 54 NO. 2 JUNE 2016 SAJS Cervicomediastinal vascular injuries may be caused by blunt or penetrating trauma, and collectively constitute 5–10% of all reported cases of vascular trauma.1,2 The operative management of cervicomediastinal vascular trauma is challenging as surgical access is difficult, and loss of control can result in rapid exsanguination. High morbidity and the mortality rates,...

Coarctation of the aorta secondary to a cervicomediastinal thorotrastoma developed in a 30-year-old man 25 years after carotid arteriography. Other local manifestations of the thorotrastoma included occlusion of the left common carotid artery and partial occlusion of the left vertebral and left subelavian arteries, bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paresis, periesophageal adhesions, and multi...

Coarctation of the aorta secondary to a cervicomediastinal thorotrastoma developed in a 30-year-old man 25 years after carotid arteriography. Other local manifestations of the thorotrastoma included occlusion of the left common carotid artery and partial occlusion of the left vertebral and left subelavian arteries, bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paresis, periesophageal adhesions, and multi...