Anterior mediastinal solitary fibrous tumor resection by da Vinci® Surgical System in obese patient

Dario Amore; Marco Rispoli; Marcellino Cicalese; Ilaria De Rosa; Giuseppe Rossi; Antonio Corcione; Salvatore Buono; Carlo Curcio

doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.07.019

Anterior mediastinal solitary fibrous tumor resection by da Vinci^® Surgical System in obese patient

Int J Surg Case Rep. 2017:38:163-165. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.07.019. Epub 2017 Jul 14.

Authors

Dario Amore¹, Marco Rispoli², Marcellino Cicalese³, Ilaria De Rosa⁴, Giuseppe Rossi⁵, Antonio Corcione⁶, Salvatore Buono⁷, Carlo Curcio⁸

Affiliations

¹ Monaldi Hospital, Thoracic Surgery, Italy. Electronic address: dario.amore@alice.it.
² Monaldi Hospital, Anesthesia and ICU, Italy. Electronic address: marco-rispoli@hotmail.it.
³ Monaldi Hospital, Thoracic Surgery, Italy. Electronic address: marcellinocicalese@libero.it.
⁴ Monaldi Hospital, Anatomic Pathology, Italy. Electronic address: Rosailaria.derosa@ospedalideicolli.it.
⁵ Monaldi Hospital, Anesthesia and ICU, Italy. Electronic address: peppe.rossi@live.it.
⁶ Monaldi Hospital, Anesthesia and ICU, Italy. Electronic address: corcioneanto@gmail.com.
⁷ Monaldi Hospital, Anesthesia and ICU, Italy. Electronic address: mauro97@libero.it.
⁸ Monaldi Hospital, Thoracic Surgery, Italy. Electronic address: carlo.curcio.33@alice.it.

Abstract

Introduction: Solitary fibrous tumors are uncommon soft tissue tumors initially reported only in the pleura but, in recent years, they have been described at many extra pleural sites, such as mediastinum. The treatment of choice is the extensive surgical resection that is curative for most benign lesions.

Presentation of the case: We present the case of solitary fibrous tumor of the anterior mediastinum in obese patient (BMI: 34.3) undergoing complete surgical resection by robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with da Vinci^® Surgical System.

Discussion/conclusion: Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with da Vinci^® Surgical System is an interesting option for obese patient, at higher risk for deep sternal wound infection.

Keywords: Mediastinal tumor; Robotics; Tumormarkers.