title: Successful removal of a slowly growing mediastinal cavernous haemangioma after vascular embolization.
abstract: Mediastinal haemangioma is a rare disease. We report a 23-year-old male patient with a posterior mediastinal cavernous haemangioma. The CXR revealed a progressively enlarging mediastinal mass which on chest CT and angiography appeared to be a well-enhanced hypervascular tumour. Angiographic gel foam embolization of the feeding vessels was undertaken prior to the surgical removal of the mass. The mass lesion following surgical removal was shown to be a cavernous haemangioma on histological examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ju Han
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Gyu Young
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Hur
authors.forename: Je Hyeong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kwang Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: In
authors.forename: Kyung Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Se Hwa
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Jae Jeong
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Shim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome