Thoracoscopically resected cystic mediastinal hemangioma; report of a case

An asymptomatic 66-year-old female was admitted because of an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray. Computed tomography (CT) revealed that a well-marginated round mass with low density, about 3 cm in diameter, was located in the right anterior superior mediastinum. The border was partially enhanced at con...

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Published in:	Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery Vol. 57; no. 6; p. 497
Main Authors:	Kita, Y, Nogimura, H, Ohi, S, Kageyama, Y, Matsushita, K, Itoh, Y, Kobayashi, R, Syundo, Y, Neyatani, H, Suzuki, K, Kazui, T
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Japanese
Published:	Japan 01-06-2004
Subjects:	Aged Diagnosis, Differential Female Hemangioma - diagnosis Hemangioma - surgery Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mediastinal Cyst - diagnosis Mediastinal Cyst - surgery Mediastinal Neoplasms - diagnosis Mediastinal Neoplasms - surgery Thoracoscopy Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:	An asymptomatic 66-year-old female was admitted because of an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray. Computed tomography (CT) revealed that a well-marginated round mass with low density, about 3 cm in diameter, was located in the right anterior superior mediastinum. The border was partially enhanced at contrast material-enhanced CT. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [T 2-weighted] showed the lesion as a high intensity tumor. We performed thoracoscopic surgery and resected the easy-bleeding tumor completely. The tumor was dark red in color and contained old blood. The histopathological diagnosis was hemangioma. There was no recurrence for 3 years. Hemangiomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of well-marginated masses. Thoracoscopic surgery is the very useful methods to resect the mediastinal hemangioma.
ISSN:	0021-5252