Cardiac lymphangioma: case report and review of the literature.
Cardiac lymphangioma is uncommon and constitutes one of the rare forms of cardiac diseases. A 6-year-old girl had an abnormal electrocardiogram in a screening test on admission to an elementary school. Echocardiogram, computed tomogram, and magnetic resonance imaging showed a mediastinal multicystic mass that was adjacent to the left ventricle of the heart. The tumor was found to be originated in myocardium by left thoracotomy and pericadiotomy. A partial resection of tumor and a pericardial window were done. This case, to the authors' knowledge, represents the sixth reported case of cardiac lymphangioma.
Kaji
Tatsuru
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatrics, the Second Surgery, the first Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima City, Japan.
Takamatsu
Hideo
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Noguchi
Hiroyuki
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Tahara
Hiroyuki
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Matsuda
Hiromitsu
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Nomura
Yuichi
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Machigashira
Shouko
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Watanabe
Shunichi
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Yoshioka
Takako
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D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome