A rare case of posterior mediastinal myelolipoma resected using robot-assisted thoracic surgery.

Introduction: Myelolipomas are rare tumors containing adipose tissue and normal hematopoietic cells that mainly occur in the adrenal cortex. Mediastinal myelolipomas are extremely rare. The three-dimensional, high-definition view with up to 10 times image magnification, 7 degrees of freedom of surgical instruments, and filtration of physiologic hand tremors with robotic systems are ideal for removing mediastinal tumors in a small space.