Calcifying Fibrous Pseudotumor of the Posterior Mediastinum With Encapsulation of the Thoracic Duct

Sumudu N Dissanayake; Jeffrey Hagen; Alexander Fedenko; Christopher Lee

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.12.041

Calcifying Fibrous Pseudotumor of the Posterior Mediastinum With Encapsulation of the Thoracic Duct

Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jul;102(1):e39-40. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.12.041.

Authors

Sumudu N Dissanayake¹, Jeffrey Hagen², Alexander Fedenko³, Christopher Lee⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
² Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
³ Department of Clinical Pathology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: christopher.lee.1@med.usc.edu.

PMID: 27343527
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.12.041

Abstract

We report the first case of calcifying fibrous pseudotumor (CFPT) to arise in the posterior mediastinum with encapsulation of the thoracic duct. This exceedingly rare lesion was incidentally discovered in an asymptomatic young woman and treated with surgical resection, requiring ligation and excision of the thoracic duct. There has been no evidence of tumor recurrence or postoperative complication.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Calcinosis / pathology
Female
Fibrosis / pathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mediastinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Mediastinal Diseases / pathology*
Mediastinum / pathology
Thoracic Duct / pathology*
Thoracic Duct / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed