Mediastinal cavernous hemangioma in a child: report of a case.
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.
Hanaoka
Jun
J
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shiga National Hospital, Gochi-cho, Youkaichi 527-8505, Japan.
Inoue
Shuhei
S
Fujino
Shozo
S
Kontani
Keiichi
K
Sawai
Satoru
S
Tezuka
Noriaki
N
Ozaki
Yoshitomo
Y
Teramoto
Koji
K
Kashima
Hirotaka
H
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*