title: Cardiac lymphangioma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatrics, the Second Surgery, the first Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima City, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takamatsu
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tahara
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: Shouko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Machigashira
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
mesh_terms: 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