Li Chuan, Lin Feng, Pu Qiang, Liu Lunxu
Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
J Thorac Dis. 2018 Feb;10(2):E116-E119. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.01.37.
Primary mediastinal leiomyomas are extremely rare, its etiology unknown, and up to the present has only been described in a few cases in the English literature. In this case report, we describe a 3-year-old girl with asymptomatic left upper quadrant abdominal mass. Chest computed tomography demonstrated a giant solid mass in the anterior mediastinum, which extended to the right hemi-thorax and left upper quadrant abdomen. Fortunately, the girl underwent a complete surgical tumor resection. The definitive diagnosis was primary mediastinal leiomyoma. To our best knowledge, this is the second case report of primary mediastinal leiomyoma of child.
原发性纵隔平滑肌瘤极为罕见,其病因不明,截至目前,英文文献中仅报道过少数病例。在本病例报告中,我们描述了一名3岁女童,其左上腹有一无症状肿块。胸部计算机断层扫描显示前纵隔有一个巨大实性肿块,延伸至右半胸和左上腹。幸运的是,该女童接受了肿瘤完整切除术。最终诊断为原发性纵隔平滑肌瘤。据我们所知,这是儿童原发性纵隔平滑肌瘤的第二例病例报告。