2016 Volume 30 Issue 2 Pages 164-168
A 66-year-old man was referred to our institution because of an abnormal shadow of the left lung noted on a chest roentgenogram. Chest CT and MRI demonstrated a 20 mm nodule in the left lower lobe and a well-demarcated 35 mm mass in the subcarinal space. The lung nodule showed high-level accumulation of FDG, but the mediastinal mass showed no accumulation. Based on the diagnostic imaging, we suspected lung cancer and a mediastinal tumor. We performed left lower lobectomy of the lung and extirpation of the mediastinal tumor under thoracoscopic surgery. Histopathological examination showed lung cancer and Schwannoma of the mediastinum. We encountered a surgical case of lung cancer and a rare subcarinal Schwannoma.
