Synchronous mediastinal ganglioneuroma and retroperitoneal pheochromocytoma

Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Oct;80(4):1525-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.03.065.

Abstract

We herein report the case of a 52-year-old woman who has mediastinal ganglioneuroma and retroperitoneal pheochromocytoma with different histologic entity. The patient first visited our hospital for surgical treatment of superior-posterior mediastinal tumor, which was successfully removed by thoracoscopic approach to reveal a benign ganglioneuroma. A retroperitoneal tumor was incidentally found postoperatively that was removed using a laparoscopic procedure. The retroperitoneal tumor was a nonfunctioning pheochromocytoma, which was different from the mediastinal neurogenic tumor. This association, although rare, should be recognized for management of neurogenic tumors in the thorax.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Ganglioneuroma / diagnosis
  • Ganglioneuroma / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / surgery*
  • Pheochromocytoma / diagnosis
  • Pheochromocytoma / surgery*
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Thoracoscopy / methods
  • Treatment Outcome