The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 50, 301-302, Copyright © 1990 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Primary mediastinal leiomyoma
K Shaffer, RD Pugatch and DJ Sugarbaker
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
An elderly woman was seen with a left mediastinal mass in the region of the
aortic arch on chest roentgenography. Further imaging with computed
tomography, angiography, and magnetic resonance demonstrated a highly
vascular neoplasm adjacent to the aortic arch. Pathological analysis of the
resected specimen showed a leiomyoma. A brief review of the 10 previous
reported cases of primary mediastinal leiomyoma is provided.