A case of Mullerian cyst arising in the posterior mediastinum

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  • Adachi Masahiro
    Departments of General and Thoracic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital
  • Sano Isao
    Departments of General and Thoracic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital
  • Hashimoto Shintaro
    Departments of General and Thoracic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital
  • Doi Ryoichiro
    Departments of General and Thoracic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital
  • Taniguchi Hideki
    Departments of General and Thoracic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital
  • Shigematsu Kazuto
    Department of Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital

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  • 後縦隔ミュラー管囊胞の一例

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<p>The patient was a 53-year-old female who had undergone hysterectomy because of a uterine fibroid. Several years later, she was asymptomatic, but chest radiograph showed an abnormal lesion and CT revealed a posterior mediastinal tumor. The tumor had enlarged compared with the previous CT, when she underwent gynecological surgery. We suspected a bronchogenic or neurogenic tumor. She underwent posterior mediastinal tumor resection thoracoscopically. Immunohistochemical staining revealed a positive reaction of the lining cells to estrogen and progesterone receptors. Thus, the final diagnosis of the tumor was a Mullerian cyst. She followed an uneventful postoperative course for 6 months.</p>

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