Spontaneous Massive Hemothorax Associated with Solitary Posterior Mediastinal Neurilemmoma.

Kim, In Seon; Lee, Jin Hwa; Kim, Kwan Chang; Kim, Yoo Ri; Park, Jin Kyeong; Lim, So Yeon; Ryu, Yon Ju; Chun, Eun Mi; Chang, Jung Hyun; Kim, Yoo Kyung; Shim, Sung Shin; Sung, Sun Hee

doi:2008.65.5.426

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 65(5); 2008 > Article

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2008;65(5):426-429.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2008.65.5.426 Published online November 1, 2008.

Spontaneous Massive Hemothorax Associated with Solitary Posterior Mediastinal Neurilemmoma.

In Seon Kim, Jin Hwa Lee, Kwan Chang Kim, Yoo Ri Kim, Jin Kyeong Park, So Yeon Lim, Yon Ju Ryu, Eun Mi Chun, Jung Hyun Chang, Yoo Kyung Kim, Sung Shin Shim, Sun Hee Sung

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jinhwalee@ewha.ac.kr
²Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Radiology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁴Department of Pathology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Neurogenic tumors are common in posterior mediastinal tumors and neurilemmoma represents approximately 40% of neurogenic tumors arising in the mediastinum. It is usually asymptomatic, and is generally diagnosed incidentally. In some cases, they presented with symptoms of nerve or airway compression. However, a solitary neurilemmoma, particularly not associated with von Recklinghausen disease, with spontaneous hemothorax is quite rare. We report a case of spontaneous massive hemothorax associated with a solitary neurilemmoma.

Key Words: Hemothorax, Neurilemmoma, Mediastinum, Neurogenic tumor