title: [Cavernous hemangioma in the anterior mediastinum; report of a case].
abstract: A rare case of mediastinal hemangioma was reported in this article. A 63 years old male was pointed out an abnormal shadow in the chest CT scan though he had no symptoms. It showed a well-defined round mass with low density in the anterior mediastinum. MRI (T2 weight) showed the lesion as a high intensity tumor. We diagnosed it thymoma and planned the surgical treatment. The tumor was resected completely through median partial sternotomy. The tumor was 2 cm in diameter. Histological examination revealed it cavernous hemangioma, and neither coagulations nor phleboliths were identified in vessels of the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hazama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome