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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:1903-1904
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Meningioma of the Mediastinum Causing Spontaneous Hemothorax

Domenico Palimento, MD a , Marcello Picchio, MD b , *

a Department of Surgery, Civil Hospital "S. Paolo," Naples
b Department of Surgery, Civil Hospital "A. Fiorini," Terracina, Italy

Accepted for publication July 13, 2005.

* Address correspondence to Dr Picchio, via Stefano Boccapaduli, nr. 51, Rome, 00151 Italy (Email: marcellopicchio{at}libero.it).

Ectopic meningiomas are extremely rare. Mediastinal tumors may rarely cause spontaneous hemothorax. We report a case of angioblastic meningioma of the posterior mediastinum causing spontaneous hemothorax.






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