A Rare Cause of Dysphagia: Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma in the Posterior Mediastinum Makio Hayama, MD, Hiroya Maeda, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 90, Issue 4, Pages 1358-1361 (October 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.082 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) A chest computed tomographic scan shows a posterior mediastinal mass surrounding the lower portion of the esophagus. (B) Thoracoscopic examination revealed that the surface of the posterior mediastinal mass (arrow) was smooth. (C) A positron emission tomographic and computed tomographic scan shows that the standardized uptake value of the mediastinal mass is high at 5.2 (arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1358-1361DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.082) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Microscopic findings indicate a diffuse epithelial tumor cell proliferation with a condensed or palisading pattern in the fibrous tissue. (Hematoxylin and eosin stain; ×40.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1358-1361DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.082) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions