title: Hemangioma of a thoracic sympathetic ganglion mimicking a neuroblastoma.
abstract: An infant presented with an asymptomatic paraspinal thoracic mass. Chest radiograph and CT scan supported the diagnosis of neuroblastoma, as did the intraoperative gross appearance and location of the mass, which involved the sympathetic chain. However, histologic diagnosis confirmed an isolated hemangioma of the sympathetic ganglion, which has not been reported previously. Hemangioma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of all mediastinal masses.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Surgery, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington 40536-0084.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bloss
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005728:Ganglia, Sympathetic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed