A Rare Case of Mediastinal Granular Cell Tumor

The granular cell tumor (GCT) occurs extremely rarely in the mediastinum. Few mediastinal GCT cases have been reported in Japan or other countries. Here, we report a case of a 24-year-old man with superior mediastinal GCT. The mass was located just above the aortic arch. It was firm, oval in shape,...

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Autores principales: Kim, Do Yeon, Jeon, Hyun Woo, Kim, Kyung Soo, Park, Jae Kil, Sung, Sook Whan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4207102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25346909
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2014.47.5.494
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author Kim, Do Yeon
Jeon, Hyun Woo
Kim, Kyung Soo
Park, Jae Kil
Sung, Sook Whan
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description The granular cell tumor (GCT) occurs extremely rarely in the mediastinum. Few mediastinal GCT cases have been reported in Japan or other countries. Here, we report a case of a 24-year-old man with superior mediastinal GCT. The mass was located just above the aortic arch. It was firm, oval in shape, and well encapsulated. The tumor was removed completely with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, but we had to resect the vagus nerve, which was already included in the tumor, along with the tumor. After the operation, the patient recovered without any specific complications except for a mild degree of hoarseness.
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spelling pubmed-42071022014-10-24 A Rare Case of Mediastinal Granular Cell Tumor Kim, Do Yeon Jeon, Hyun Woo Kim, Kyung Soo Park, Jae Kil Sung, Sook Whan Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Case Report The granular cell tumor (GCT) occurs extremely rarely in the mediastinum. Few mediastinal GCT cases have been reported in Japan or other countries. Here, we report a case of a 24-year-old man with superior mediastinal GCT. The mass was located just above the aortic arch. It was firm, oval in shape, and well encapsulated. The tumor was removed completely with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, but we had to resect the vagus nerve, which was already included in the tumor, along with the tumor. After the operation, the patient recovered without any specific complications except for a mild degree of hoarseness. The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014-10 2014-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4207102/ /pubmed/25346909 http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2014.47.5.494 Text en Copyright © 2014 by The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. All rights Reserved. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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