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A case report of mediastinal extramedullary hematopoiesis: imaging, pathological and thoracoscopic biopsy correlation
Fengbo Yao1, Dingbiao Li2, Ying Wang2
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yan'an Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, 650051, China. 2677885084@qq.com.
Objective:
To summarize the clinical features, imaging characteristics, and surgical diagnosis and treatment experience of mediastinal extramedullary hematopoiesis.
Methods:
By summarizing and analyzing the case data and reviewing the literature, one case of posterior mediastinal extramedullary hematopoiesis on thoracoscopic biopsy in our department was summarized.
Conclusion:
Posterior mediastinal extramedullary hematopoiesis is a response to failure of bone marrow erythropoiesis, which is relatively rare clinically, and diagnosis requires a combination of patient history and imaging, puncture biopsy or thoracoscopic excisional biopsy can provide a pathological diagnosis, and surgical complete resection is the main treatment modality.

