title: Thoracoscopic resection of a solitary pulmonary lymphangioma: report of a case.
abstract: We present herein the rare case of a young man who was found to have a solitary tumor in the right upper lobe of his lung by a routine chest X-ray. The tumor was removed by thoracoscopic surgery, and pathological examinations confirmed the diagnosis of a primary lymphangioma of the lung. A brief review of the available literature on this extremely rare type of benign tumor follows the case report.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed