[Castleman lymphoma originated from the posterior mediastinum resected thoracoscopically: report of a case].

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We report thoracoscopic resection of Castleman lymphoma originated from the posterior mediastinum. The patient was a 19-year-old woman, who was pointed out to show an abnormal shadow in the left upper lung in the chest X-ray photograph. It was diagnosed as a blood-rich posterior mediastinal tumor by dynamic MRI, and thoracoscopic surgery was performed. The tumor was adjacent to the vertebral body of the fourth thoracic vertebra. Although operation involved 2 hours and 40 minutes and 670 ml of bleeding due to a strong adhesion between the tumor and the intercostal muscle and considerable bleeding from the tumor itself, it was successfully removed under thoracoscopy. The tumor was elastic and hard, and 50 x 45 x 25 mm in size. The histopathological diagnosis was a Castleman lymphoma, hyaline vascular type. The postoperative course was satisfactory, and the patient was discharged from the hospital on the 7th postoperative day. Castleman lymphoma originated from the posterior mediastinum t

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