[A case of mediastinal cavernous hemangioma].
A case of mediastinal cavernous hemangioma was reported. An asymptomatic 6-year-old girl was discovered to have a mass in the left anterior superior mediastinum on a routine chest x-ray film. Computed tomograms demonstrated a mediastinal mass with calcification. Under a median sternotomy, a 10 x 9 x 5 cm mass was resected after dissecting the connections to the pericardium. As the mass surrounded the left phrenic nerve, the nerve was resected with the tumor. The histopathology was cavernous hemangioma. The calcification was not found in the vessels as the phleboliths but was showed in the interstitial tissues.
Suzuki
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital.
Hori
G
G
Suzuki
S
S
Moriyasu
K
K
Chiba
M
M
Gomi
A
A
Takei
S
S
Kobayashi
E
E
Mitsuya
T
T
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*