AUTHOR=Ludoski Milica , Zivkovic Igor , Milacic Petar , Boricic Novica , Micovic Slobodan , Bojic Milovan , Tabakovic Zoran 

TITLE=Case Report: Giant cholesterol granuloma in the anterior mediastinum

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=11

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2024.1359731

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2024.1359731

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=<p>Cholesterol granuloma is a rare entity, which can develop in many regions of the body, accounting at most 1% of all mediastinal tumors. Etiology of this granuloma is still not clearly understood. The gold standard choice of treatment for cholesterol granuloma is total surgical resection. Symptomatic mediastinum granuloma can be easily diagnosed, but if mass effect is not evident then diagnosis of this tumor is really challenging. We present a rare case of huge cholesterol granuloma in the anterior mediastinum of the patient who underwent on elective coronary artery graft bypass surgery.</p>