MEDIASTINAL LIPOBLASTOMA INVOLVING THE LEFT INNOMINATE VEIN AND THE LEFT PHRENIC-NERVE

Lipoblastoma, a rare tumor of childhood, was first described by Velloi s and associates in 1958. The extremities are the most common location for this tumor. Mediastinal lipoblastoma is exceedingly rare, with on ly four cases reported in the English-language literature. The authors report a case of mediastinal lipoblastoma in a 6-year-old girl, which , in contrast to previously reported cases, presented late in childhoo d and included sacrifice of the left innominate vein and phrenic nerve for successful resection. (C) 1998 by W.B. Saunders Company.