title: [A case of mediastinal cavernous hemangioma resected through thoracoscope].
abstract: A case of mediastinal cavernous hemangioma was reported. An abnormal shadow on the chest X-ray film was pointed out in a 55-year-old male. CT scan and MRI revealed a right posterior mediastinal tumor but did not aid in the final diagnosis. We underwent extirpation of the tumor through thoracoscope and confirmed to be a cavernous hemangioma histologically. No major vascular connections between the tumor and major vessels were found. It was useful of thoracoscopic surgery in this case.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Tokyo Teishin Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohse
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tahara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yakumaru
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013906:Thoracoscopy