Successful removal of a slowly growing mediastinal cavernous haemangioma after vascular embolization.
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.
Lee
Sung Yong
SY
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Lee
Ju Han
JH
Hur
Gyu Young
GY
Kim
Je Hyeong
JH
In
Kwang Ho
KH
Kang
Kyung Ho
KH
Yoo
Se Hwa
SH
Shim
Jae Jeong
JJ
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