title: Giant cystic hygroma of the posterior mediastinum.
abstract: The case of a 5-year-old girl with a giant cystic hygroma of the posterior mediastinum is reported. Although the tumor was bilateral, it was excised by unilateral thoractomy. The unique anatomical features of this tumor suggested an embryologic origin from the cisterna chyli or the primitive paired thoracic ducts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87106.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Curley
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Ablin
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kosloske
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery