• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.35 no.10
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• pp.760-763
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• 2002

Mucoepidermoid cancer of the bronchus in childhood is extremely rare. These tumors generally produce symptoms of airway obstruction, often misdiagnosed as unresolved tuberculosis. Distant metastasis is an uncommon finding of this malignancy, therefore complete surgical resection is treatment of choice. The prognosis of these tumors correlates with the histologic grade of the tumor. We report our clinical experience of mucoepideromoid cancer in a 10-year-old child who visited our hospital with symptoms of recurrent cough and fever. The patients underwent successful removal of tumor by bilobectomy via thoracotomy after bronchoscopic biopsy.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.33 no.11
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• pp.922-924
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• 2000

양성 신경초종(benign schwannoma)이 식도를 포함한 위장관계에 발생하는 경우는 매우 드물다. 이러한 양성식도 신경초종은 확진을 위해 면역 조직 화학적 염색을 필요로 한다. 정기 신체 검진상 우연히 발견된 66세여자 환자의 식도 점막하 종양에 대해 우측 후측부 개흉을 통한 종양 적출을 시행하였으며, 술후 면역 조직 화학적 병리 검사를 통하여 식도의 양성 신경초종임을 확인하였고, 환자는 술후 1년째 재발없이 외래 추적 관찰을 받고 있다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.38 no.3 s.248
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• pp.233-236
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• 2005

Cardiac hemangioma is an extremely rare benign tumor. A 65 years old woman was admitted due to epigastric and chest pain, After we confirmed cardiac tamponade with right atrial mass by chest CT, we performed surgical resection of the mass and identified hemangioma with capillary endothelial hyperplasia on pathologic examination. Therefore, we report the case with literature review.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.205-208
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• 1997

Cardiac rhabdomyomas are the moil common primary tumor in infancy and childhood and are frequently associated with tuberous sclerosis. Although spontaneous regression of cardiac rhabdomyoma has been reported, prognosis of this tumor associated with subaortic stenosis is still considered to be poor and surgery continues to be indicated. A 4-day-old female was admitted due to tachypnea and cyanosis. Single rhabdomyoma arising from the interventricular septum associated with severe subaortic stcnosls as partially removed under cardiopulmonary bypass. Excised tumor sizc was 0.7$\times$0.9$\times$0.4cm in dimension. The postoperative course was uneventful and the infant discharged on the 14th postoperative day.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.39 no.8 s.265
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• pp.637-639
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• 2006

Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart, but right ventricular myxoma causing outflow obstruction is relatively rare. A 15 years old girl developed dyspnea on exertion and intermittent syncope caused by a right ventricular mass obstructing the right ventricle outflow tract. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed $3.6{\times}3.0\;cm$ sized pedunculated subpumonic mass originating from the right ventricular anterior free wall. The patient underwent an emergency operation, consisting of the removal of the mass by wide excision of the tumor base and PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) patching of the right ventricular anterior free wall defect. Pathological findings of the mass were compatible with myxoma, and the patient was discharged uneventfully 7 days after the operation.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.38 no.6 s.251
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• pp.438-440
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• 2005

The incidence of primary cardiac tumor is rare, furthermore the cardiac tumor which cause arrhythmia is very rare. We presesent a case of cardiac lipoma combined with paroxysmal atrial tachycardia.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.165-169
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• 2011

Cardiac myxoma is the most common benign tumor of the heart. However, low incidence of recurrence and metastasis has been reported. A 49-year-old female patient was admitted in the hospital due to sudden onset of left side weakness. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of brain showed multifocal areas of diffusion restriction on diffusion weighted images. Echocardiography was performed to evaluate the cause of embolic brain infarction and cardiac myxoma was found in the left atrium. The patient underwent complete excision of the mass. One year later, the patient was readmitted with symptoms of dysarthria. Brain MRI showed newly developed multiple hemorrhagic metastatic lesions. The patient underwent radiotherapy of the metastatic lesions. Although rare, cardiac myxoma can cause delayed metastasis. We report a rare case of delayed multiple cerebral metastases from the completely resected cardiac myxoma.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.131-134
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• 1981

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.32 no.8
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• pp.761-764
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• 1999

The glomus tumor is a distinctive benign neoplasm with a small painful nodule, occurs most commonly in extremities but may be found elsewhere in the body. Its occurrence in the trachea or lung parenchyme has been recognized with extreme rarity and there has not been any report, to our knowledge, of its occurrence in the main bronchial glomus tumor. We report a case of a glomus tumor in the left main bronchus in a 67-year-old man who was presented with blood-tinged sputum and dyspnea, which was completely relieved by surgical resection.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.32 no.8
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• pp.768-771
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• 1999

A 45 year old man was admitted for further examination of an abnormal shadow of the right posterior mediastinum. The patient suffered from dysesthesia in the right thoracic wall of dermatome T7. CT scan and MRI revealed that two separate tumors had developed in the right paravertebral area linked to the vertebral canal via an intervertebral foramina. One-stage removal of the tumors were performed safely through the right posterolateral thoracotomy following the resection of the rib head and vertebral pedicle. The tumors were confirmed as histologically neurilemomas. The postoperative course was uneventful.