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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep 2013; 02(01): 029-031
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1348477
Thoracic Surgery
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Mediastinal Neurofibroma Originating from the Pulmonary Branch of the Right Vagus Nerve in a Patient without von Recklinghausen Disease

Junichi Okamoto
1   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nippon Medical School Musashi-Kosugi Hospital, Kawasaki, Tokyo, Japan
2   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
,
Hirotoshi Kubokura
1   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nippon Medical School Musashi-Kosugi Hospital, Kawasaki, Tokyo, Japan
2   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
,
Hideaki Ishii
3   Department of Pathology, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
,
Jitsuo Usuda
2   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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01 April 2013

17 May 2013

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23 July 2013 (online)

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Abstract

Intrathoracic neurofibromas originating from the vagus nerve in patients without von Recklinghausen disease is rare and poses a problem in etiological diagnosis. Surgical resection is usually necessary for precise diagnosis of such tumors.

We report the first case of a neurofibroma originating from the right pulmonary branch of the vagus nerve in a 34-year-old male without von Recklinghausen disease.

The diagnosis was suggested by the radiological features and was confirmed histologically after resection.

Keywords

neurofibroma - vagus nerves - VATS
 

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