Paraganglioma of the middle mediastinum

Authors

Mandeep Singh Rahi, Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Yale-New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT, USA.
Kulothungan Gunasekaran, Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Yale-New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT, USA.
Kwesi Amoah, Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Yale-New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT, USA.Follow
Daniel Rudolph, Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Yale-New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT, USA.

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Respiratory medicine case reports

Abstract

A 60-year-old female was evaluated for significant weight loss, nausea, vomiting, and dysphagia. A computed tomography (CT) of the chest showed a 3 cm mass in the middle mediastinum. CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis revealed no abnormality. Positron emission tomography (PET) of the whole body revealed tracer uptake in the pre-carinal nodal mass. There were no other suspicious foci of tracer uptake. Mediastinoscopy and biopsy revealed a well-differentiated low-grade neuroendocrine tumor. She underwent sternotomy, and after careful mobilization of the great vessels, the middle mediastinal mass was successfully resected. Final pathology revealed a paraganglioma with no morphological signs to suggest malignancy. The right lower paratracheal lymph node did not show any tumor cells. She did well postoperatively.

First Page

101211

DOI

10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101211

Publication Date

1-1-2020

Recommended Citation

Rahi, Mandeep Singh; Gunasekaran, Kulothungan; Amoah, Kwesi; and Rudolph, Daniel, "Paraganglioma of the middle mediastinum" (2020). All Research. 142.
https://scholar.bridgeporthospital.org/all_research/142

Identifier

32953448 (pubmed); PMC7486602 (pmc); 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101211 (doi); S2213-0071(20)30425-1 (pii)