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Abstract A case report of a 56-year-old man with mediastinal lymphoid hamartoma is presented. This unusual lesion occurs in young adults, presents diagnostic difficulties, and pursues a benign course. As the title implies, it would appear to be hamartomatous in origin. References 1. Pemberton JJ, Broders AC, Maino VJ: Giant hemolymph node: Report of two cases . Surg Clin N Amer 30:1147-1153, 1950. 2. Thorburn JD, Stephens HB, Grimes OF: Benign thymoma in the hilus of the lung: Case report . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 24:540-543, 1952. 3. Crane AR, Carrigan PT: Primary subpleural intrapulmonic thymoma . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 25:600-605, 1953. 4. Castleman B: Massachusetts General Hospital case records: Weekly clinicopathological exercises—case 40011—hyperplasia of mediastinal lymph nodes . New Eng J Med 250:26-30, 1954.Crossref 5. Castleman B, Iverson L, Menendez VP: Localized mediastinal lymph node hyperplasia resembling thymoma . Cancer 9:822-830, 1956.Crossref 6. Cohen H: Tumor-like proliferations of lymphoid tissue: Occurrence in deltoid muscle and mediastinum . J Mount Sinai Hosp NY 24:750-760, 1957. 7. Abell MR: Lymphnodal hamartoma versus thymic choristoma of pulmonary hilum . Arch Path 64:584-588, 1957. 8. Inada K, Hamazaki M: Localized mediastinal lymph node hyperplasia resembling thymoma: A case report . Ann Surg 147:409-413, 1958.Crossref 9. Inada K, Kawai K, Katsumura T, et al: Giant lymph node hyperplasia of the mediastinum: Case report with a review of the literature . Amer Rev Tuberc 79:232-237, 1959. 10. Mason CB: Giant intrathoracic lymph nodes . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 37:251256, 1959. 11. Katz I, Dziadw R: Localized mediastinal lymph node hyperplasia: Report of a case with roentgen finding simulating posterior mediastinal neurofibroma . Amer J Roentgen 84:206-212, 1960. 12. Chipman CD, Dolan FG: Localized lymph node hyperplasia in mediastinum . Canad Med Assoc J 84:900-903, 1961. 13. Jamplis RW, North FS, Johnson WD: Benign interlobar hyperplastic lymph node resembling thymoma . Arch Surg 83:894-897, 1961.Crossref 14. Zettergren L: Probably neoplastic proliferation of lymphoid tissue (follicular lympho-reticuloma): Reports of four cases with a survey of the literature . Acta Path Microbiol Scand 51:113-126, 1961.Crossref 15. Horie A: On the so-called "lymph node hyperplasia" (Castleman) . Kyushu J Med Sci 13:105-110, 1962. 16. Lattes R, Pachter MR: Benign lymphoid masses of probable hamartomatous nature: Analysis of 12 cases . Cancer 15:197-214, 1962.Crossref 17. Bersack SR, Howe JS: Asymptomatic mediastinal lymph node hyperplasia of 18 years' duration: Report of a case . Dis Chest 43:443-446, 1963.Crossref 18. Harrison EG Jr, Bernatz PE: Angiofollicular mediastinal lymph-node hyperplasia resembling thymoma . Arch Path 75:284-292, 1963. 19. Blomguist HE: Hyperplastic mediastinal lymph nodes resembling thymoma . Acta Chir Scand 126:66-77, 1963. 20. Veneziale CM, Sheridan LA, Payne WS, et al: Angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia of the mediastinum . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 47:111-121, 1964. 21. Lee SL, Rosner F, Rivero I, et al: Refractory anemia with abnormal iron metabolism: Its remission after resection of hyperplastic mediastinal lymph nodes . New Eng J Med 272:761-766, 1965.Crossref 22. Sanford W, Givler R, Lawrence MS: Mediastinal lymph node hyperplasia . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 52:303-308, 1966. 23. Lüthi H, Sordat B, Butler R: Unusual form of tumor-shaped plasmacellular lymph node hyperplasia with severe hemosiderosis, sideropenic general anemia and humoral changes , abstracted. Schweiz Med Wschr 96:1288, 1966. 24. Tung KSK, McCormack LJ: Angiomatous lymphoid hamartoma: Report of five cases with a review of the literature . Cancer 20:525-536, 1967.Crossref 25. Griff LC, Griff RE: Mediastinal lymph node hyperplasia: Fifteen year follow-up . Brit J Radiol 41:68-69, 1968.Crossref 26. Abell MR: Lymphoid hamartoma . Radiol Clin N Amer 6:15-24, 1968. 27. Symmers D: Primary hemangiolymphoma of the hemal nodes: An unusual variety of malignant tumor . Arch Intern Med 28:467-474, 1921.Crossref
Archives of Surgery – American Medical Association
Published: Sep 1, 1970
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