A case report of giant gangliocytoma of mediastinum.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gangliocytoma is an uncommon disease. In this report, we report a patient who was admitted to the hospital with a mediastinal tumor which is giant rarely.

Case description

A 30-year-old male patient was found to have a mediastinal mass 2 weeks ago during a routine examination. The patient occasionally had chest pain before 1 month. Computed tomography of the chest showed a mass occupying the posterior mediastinum and located anterior to the spine, above the diaphragm. The mass is removed by thoracoscopic surgery. In the surgical field of view, the tumor was loosely adhered to the surrounding organs and was freed by blunt-sharp combination Histologically confirmed mediastinal gangliocytoma with a size of 9.5 cm × 6.0 cm × 3.0 cm. The surgery was successful, and the

SUBMITTER: Sheng Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10628413 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature