[Thoracoscopically resected cystic mediastinal hemangioma; report of a case].
An asymptomatic 66-year-old female was admitted because of an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray. Computed tomography (CT) revealed that a well-marginated round mass with low density, about 3 cm in diameter, was located in the right anterior superior mediastinum. The border was partially enhanced at contrast material-enhanced CT. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [T 2-weighted] showed the lesion as a high intensity tumor. We performed thoracoscopic surgery and resected the easy-bleeding tumor completely. The tumor was dark red in color and contained old blood. The histopathological diagnosis was hemangioma. There was no recurrence for 3 years. Hemangiomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of well-marginated masses. Thoracoscopic surgery is the very useful methods to resect the mediastinal hemangioma.
Kita
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Haibara General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Nogimura
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H
Ohi
S
S
Kageyama
Y
Y
Matsushita
K
K
Itoh
Y
Y
Kobayashi
R
R
Syundo
Y
Y
Neyatani
H
H
Suzuki
K
K
Kazui
T
T
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed