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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;24:1030
© 2003 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Giant schwannoma of the posterior mediastinum

^a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva 49100, Israel
^b Department of Pathology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva 49100, Israel

Received 13 June 2003; received in revised form 26 August 2003; accepted 1 September 2003.

^* Corresponding author. Tel.: +972-3-937-6701; fax: +972-3-924-0762
e-mail: georgios@clalit.org.il

Key Words: Schwannoma • Tumors of the posterior mediastinum • Tumors of peripheral nervous system origin

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Resection of a mediastinal tumor (Fig. 1) in a 57-year-old woman who presented with progressively aggravated dyspnea at rest, productive cough, and a referred vague left chest pain, established the diagnosis of schwannoma (. . . [Full Text of this Article]