The clinical features of intrathoracic neurogenic tumours

Intrathoracic neural tumours.

“…The classical radiographic features of mediastinal neural tumours (Parish, 1957-posterior situation, hair-line margin, uniform density, and Dshaped outline in the lateral projection-were present in most patients (Figs. 3a and b).…”

Primary Intrathoracic Neural Tumours

“…The commonest symptoms are respiratory, especially dyspnoea and persistent cough (Parish, 1957). Neural tumours have been found during the course of investigation of patients with pleural effusion, empyema, recurrent pneumothorax, and recurrent pneumonia.…”

“…Neural tumours have been found during the course of investigation of patients with pleural effusion, empyema, recurrent pneumothorax, and recurrent pneumonia. Parish (1957) records a patient with a neural tumour and hypertrophic pulmonary osteo-arthropathy; finger changes of any degree are rare with neural tumours. Neural symptoms are also rare and are not necessarily a manifestation of malignancy.…”

Complications of mediastinal neural tumours

“…She subsequently developed three further tumours on the right side weighing 991 g, 451 g, and 6 g. These consisted of neurofibroma, neurilemmoma, and frank fibrosarcoma in the largest tumour (Parish, 1957). Obvious symptoms of malignant spread to the glands in the neck and to subcutaneous sites occurred in one patient, and general symptoms of the onset of malignancy, for example anaemia and loss of weight, occurred in others.…”