Confronting Upside-Down Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Anterior Mediastinal Leiomyoma
INTRODUCTION: Leiomyoma is a benign smooth muscle tumor typically arising in the uterus or gastrointestinal tract; its occurrence in the anterior mediastinum is extremely rare. The differential diagnosis of anterior mediastinal tumors usually includes thymoma, germ cell tumors, and lymphoma, whereas leiomyoma is rarely considered.
Authors
- Tomonari Oki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5196-5203)
- Yuma Takeuchi
- Shuhei Iizuka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4724-7268)
- T. Nakamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2501-3380)
- Yoshiro Otsuki
Institutions
- Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgical Case Reports
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.70352/scrj.cr.25-0773
- Primary Topic
- Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00