title: Adult cystic mediastinal lymphangioma simulating a thymic cyst.
abstract: We report a patient with mediastinal lymphangioma, with plain film and computed tomographic findings that suggested the diagnosis of thymic cyst. The differential diagnosis and magnetic resonance imaging of mediastinal lymphangioma are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Pannell
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jolles
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed