Preoperative Embolization of a Posterior Mediastinal Lipid-Poor Angiolipoma Mimicking a Paravertebral Nerve Sheath Tumor
| Autor: | Alberto Cabañero-Sánchez, Javier García-Poza, Luis Gorospe, Gemma María Muñoz-Molina, María Cristina González-Gordaliza, David Saldaña-Garrido |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Thorax medicine.medical_specialty Percutaneous Angiolipoma medicine.medical_treatment Chest pain Mediastinal Neoplasms Preoperative care Nerve Sheath Neoplasms Diagnosis Differential Preoperative Care Biopsy medicine Humans Embolization medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Embolization Therapeutic Surgery Nerve sheath tumor Radiology medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 100:705-707 |
| ISSN: | 0003-4975 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.076 |
| Popis: | Mediastinal angiolipomas are extremely rare tumors within the thorax, and only 6 cases have been previously reported in the literature. We describe the case of a lipid-poor angiolipoma within the posterior mediastinum of a 63-year-old man who complained of chest pain. Interestingly, initial imaging of the posterior mediastinal mass of our patient suggested a nerve sheath tumor. A specimen from a percutaneous transthoracic core needle biopsy confirmed an angiolipoma. We decided to preoperatively embolize the posterior mediastinal mass to reduce intraoperative bleeding and to facilitate the excision of the tumor. |
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