1 Jan 2014Case Report
An unsual symptomatic case of mediastinal myelolipoma treated by VATS approach
Marcello Migliore 1Damiano Calvo 1Alessandra Criscione 1Rosario Caltabiano 2Nunzio Platania 3Giuseppe Barbagallo 3Vincenzo Albanese 3
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Article Info
1 Department of Surgery, Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Catania, Catania Italy
2 Department GF Ingrassia, Section of Anatomic Pathology, University of Catania, Catania Italy
3 Department GF Ingrassia, Section of Neurosurgery, University of Catania, Catania Italy
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2014, 85(1), 85-87;
Published: 1 Jan 2014
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Abstract
Symptomatic mediastinal location of an extra-adrenal myelolipoma is extremely rare. We describe a 56-year-old female with unusual pain in the right lower posterior chest radiated to the neck and to the upper abdomen. Chest CT showed a lesion of 3.5 x 2.2 cm in the posterior mediastinum. Video-assisted resection was performed and the final pathologic examination revealed the presence of a myelolipoma. Herein we discuss the clinical presentation, the differential diagnosis and treatment of mediastinal myelolipoma.
Keywords
- Mediastinum
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Myelolipoma
- Thoracoscopy
- Tumor
- VATS
