Cavernous hemangioma in the anterior mediastinum; report of a case

Izumi, Y.; Hazama, K.; Okumura, M.; Ohta, M.; Miyoshi, S.; Matsuda, H.

Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 55(9): 823-825

2002


ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252
PMID: 12174633
Document Number: 541465
A rare case of mediastinal hemangioma was reported in this article. A 63 years old male was pointed out an abnormal shadow in the chest CT scan though he had no symptoms. It showed a well-defined round mass with low density in the anterior mediastinum. MRI (T2 weight) showed the lesion as a high intensity tumor. We diagnosed it thymoma and planned the surgical treatment. The tumor was resected completely through median partial sternotomy. The tumor was 2 cm in diameter. Histological examination revealed it cavernous hemangioma, and neither coagulations nor phleboliths were identified in vessels of the tumor.

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