TY - JOUR AU - Nardini, Marco AU - Dunning, Joel AU - Migliore, Marcello AU - Cerfolio, Robert J. PY - 2018 TI - Robotic resection of a middle mediastinal mass JF - Journal of Visualized Surgery; Vol 4 (May 2018): Journal of Visualized Surgery Y2 - 2018 KW - N2 - Aorto-pulmonary paraganglioma is an exceptionally rare condition, and its diagnosis and treatment are a challenge for the general thoracic surgeon. We describe the case of a 35 years old man who was incidentally diagnosed with a visceral mediastinal mass, deeply encased in the aorto-pulmonary window. To our knowledge this is the first case of its kind to be successfully treated with the adoption of a minimally invasive technique. We conclude that the dissection was made easier by the robotic instrumentation and by the camera system, and a minimally invasive approach would have been more difficult by traditional thoracoscopy. UR - https://jovs.amegroups.org/article/view/19627