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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:1525-1527
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Synchronous Mediastinal Ganglioneuroma and Retroperitoneal Pheochromocytoma

Shin-ichi Takeda, MD a , * , Masato Minami, MD b , Yoshifumi Inoue, MD b , Hikaru Matsuda, MD b

a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Toneyama National Hospital, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
b Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita City, Osaka, Japan

Accepted for publication March 25, 2004.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Takeda, Toneyama National Hospital, Toneyama 5-1-1 Toyonaka 560-8552 Japan (Email: stakeda{at}toneyama.hosp.go.jp).

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.






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