Primary Intrathoracic Neural Tumours

Intrathoracic neural tumours.

“…The presentation and investigation of patients with intrathoracic neural tumours has been fully discussed elsewhere (Cruickshank, 1957;Morrison, 1958;Le Roux, 1960;Oosterwijk and Swierenga, 1968) -they are reviewed only briefly here. The pathological behaviour patterns are looked at in more detail with particular emphasis on those factors that determine outcome.…”

Neurofibromata of the Anterior Mediastinum

“…More than half the primary intrathoracic neural tumours reported have been discovered as chance radiographic findings in symp-SUMMARY tomless patients submitted to routine chest radiography ( Le Roux, 1960). our first patient the origin of the growth, i.e., the phrenic nerve, is very likely to have aided the development of hiatus hernia, by partially paralysing the left hemi-diaphragm and deforming the hiatus.…”