Vascular tumor in the mediastinum.
Mediastinal venous hemangioma is a very rare neoplasm. Here, we describe our experience in treating a patient demonstrating such a tumor. The patient, a 23-year-old man, was admitted to our hospital because of a mediastinal cyst. A biopsy of the cystic wall was performed by Video-Assisted-Thoracic-Surgery, in April 1999. Clear serous fluid was found in the cyst, and it was thus incorrectly diagnosed to be a thymic cyst. The cyst continued to increase in size, and the patient began to show an increased temperature after being discharged. A resection of the tumor was performed in June 1999. The cyst was filled with bloody fluid and, according to the pathological analysis, was diagnosed to be a mediastinal venous hemangioma.
Yoshino
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, 2 Kawagishicho, 951-8566 Niigata, Japan.
Takizawa
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Koike
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Terashima
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Honma
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D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery