title: [Thoracoscopic resection of a pulmonary lymphangioma: a case report].
abstract: We report a extremely rare case of a 57-year-old man who was found to have a solitary tumor in the right middle lobe of his lung during an annual check-up. Chest X-ray and CT scan showed a well-circumscribed spherical mass adjacent to the chest wall. The tumor, which was removed by thoracoscopic surgery, was a cystic mass, 17 x 15 mm. Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a pulmonary lymphangioma. A brief review of the available literature on this extremely rare type of lung tumor follows the case report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013906:Thoracoscopy