RT Book, Section
A1 Gangadharan, Sidhu P.
A2 Sugarbaker, David J.
A2 Bueno, Raphael
A2 Colson, Yolonda L.
A2 Jaklitsch, Michael T.
A2 Krasna, Mark J.
A2 Mentzer, Steven J.
A2 Williams, Marcia
A2 Adams, Ann
SR Print(0)
ID 1105847680
T1 Neurogenic Tumors of the Posterior Mediastinum
T2 Adult Chest Surgery, 2e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-178189-3
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105847680
RD 2024/04/23
AB Neurogenic  tumors  arise  in  tissues  derived  from  the  embryonic  neural  crest.  Further  classification  is  based  on  whether  the  tumor  cell  originates  from  nerve  sheath,  nerve  cells  (ganglia),  paraganglia,  or  peripheral  nerve  (Table  162-1).  In  the  thorax,  the  latter  nerve  is  represented  by  the  intercostal  nerve.  The  chief  impediment  to  understanding  thoracic  neurogenic  tumors  is  the  lack  of  uniformity  in  the  nomenclature  used  in  the  published  literature,  and  thus  multiple  descriptors  exist  at  each  taxonomic  level  (Table  162-2).  This  chapter  relies  on  the  nomenclature  endorsed  by  the  most  recent  revision  of  the  World  Health  Organization  classification  of  tumors  derived  from  neural  tissue.1