A 60-Year-Old Woman With Posterior Mediastinal Tumor

Nobuyasu Wakazono; Arei Mizushima; Yukiko Maeda; Natsuko Taniguchi; Katsura Nagai; Atsuo Hattori; Toshiyuki Harada

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2022.03.026

A 60-Year-Old Woman With Posterior Mediastinal Tumor

Chest. 2022 Aug;162(2):e81-e84. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.03.026.

Authors

Nobuyasu Wakazono¹, Arei Mizushima¹, Yukiko Maeda¹, Natsuko Taniguchi¹, Katsura Nagai¹, Atsuo Hattori², Toshiyuki Harada³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Respiratory Diseases, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Hokkaido Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
² Department of Pathology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Hokkaido Hosiptal, Sapporo, Japan.
³ Center for Respiratory Diseases, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Hokkaido Hospital, Sapporo, Japan. Electronic address: harada-toshiyuki@hokkaido.jcho.go.jp.

PMID: 35940667
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.03.026

Abstract

A 60-year-old woman, a care worker with no known comorbidities, presented to the pulmonary clinic for assessment of a left hilar tumor detected on chest radiography. She had a history of oophorocystectomy and was a 0.5-pack/day smoker. She was asymptomatic but desired a confirmative diagnosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Lung
Mediastinal Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Mediastinal Neoplasms* / surgery
Mediastinum
Middle Aged
Radiography