title: Mediastinal cavernous hemangioma in a child: report of a case.
abstract: We present herein a rare case of mediastinal cavernous hemangioma in a 5-year-old boy. The patient was referred to our hospital for an evaluation of cough and high fever. On admission, a chest computed tomogram and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large tumor arising from the left-sided mediastinum which compressed the left main pulmonary artery and left lung. The tumor, measuring 105 x 60 x 60 mm in size and weighing 170 g, was completely resected without any major bleeding, and a pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of cavernous hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shiga National Hospital, Gochi-cho, Youkaichi 527-8505, Japan.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hanaoka
authors.forename: Shuhei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Shozo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujino
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kontani
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawai
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tezuka
authors.forename: Yoshitomo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozaki
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Teramoto
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kashima
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*