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  • Title: [A case of leiomyosarcoma as a mediastinal tumor excised by bilateral thoracotomy].
    Author: Ikeda Y, Sugita K, Yoda Y, Ishihama H, Nagai S, Shimada K.
    Journal: Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi; 1995 Feb; 43(2):265-9. PubMed ID: 7714397.
    Abstract:
    Leiomyosarcoma as a mediastinal tumor is so rare that no more than 6 and 12 cases have so far been reported in and out Japan, respectively. The patient was 74-year-old male. While treated at the outpatient clinic of our university hospital for low back pain, he was referred to our department because of a shadow of the mediastinum on chest roentgenogram. A fist-sized tumor was found located in the posterior mediastinum behind the heart. Since it was difficult to make a preoperative definitive diagnosis, it was excised by bilateral thoracotomy. Histologically, it was compatible with sarcoma and a definitive diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma was made based on electron microscopic findings.
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