Resection of a giant neuroblastoma misdiagnosed as atypical mediastinal carcinoid

J Thorac Oncol. 2014 Jan;9(1):132-4. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3182a71c02.

Authors

Eleftherios Chalvatzoulis¹, Jeremias Wohlschlaeger, Thomas Hager, Danjouma Cheufou, Wilfried Eberhardt, Georgios Stamatis, Stefan Welter

Affiliation

¹ *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ruhrlandklinik, West German Lung Center; †Department of Pathology and Neuropathology; and ‡Department of Medical Oncology, West German Cancer Centre, University Hospital of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

PMID: 24346103
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3182a71c02

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carcinoid Tumor / diagnosis*
Diagnostic Errors
Humans
Male
Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Mediastinal Neoplasms / surgery
Middle Aged
Neuroblastoma / diagnosis*
Neuroblastoma / surgery