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Thoracoscopic Extended Right Middle Plus Lower Sleeve Lobectomy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Published on: February 27, 2026
[Neurinoma arising from brachial plexus with intrathoracic extension resected through the second intercostal space]
Yuka Kitamura1, Noriaki Sakakura, Tatsuo Uchida
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Aichi Hospital, Okazaki, Japan.
Abstract:
A case of neurinoma arising from the right brachial plexus with intrathoracic extension was reported. The patient was a 41-year-old man who had an abnormal shadow in the right apical area on the routine chest X-ray examination. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed that the mass had some features of benign neurinoma. The tumor was resected through the 2nd intercostal space under an axillary skin incision approach and diagnosed as neurinoma on histological examination. He had a complaint of hyperesthesia of the right upper arm for 2 months postoperatively.
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