title: [The giant cavernous hemangioma of the neck].
abstract: A 67-year-old female who had complains of dyspnea and giant mass in the right neck. The plain CT scan and selective angiography showed an giant mass in the neck and extended into antero-superior mediastinum which pressed intrathoracic trachea. The tumor was resected completely by oblique neck incision and partial median sternotomy. It was 15 x 9 x 5 cm in size. The histological diagnosis was cavernous hemangioma. The giant cavernous hemangioma in neck extended into mediastinum is rare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kanazawa Medical College, Ishikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yuasa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toyoda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness