title: Lymphangiomatosis involving the inferior vena cava, heart, pulmonary artery and pelvic cavity.
abstract: A 38-year-old woman who had undergone pelvic lymphangioma resection two months previously presented with cough and dyspnea. Transthoracic echocardiography and CT demonstrated the presence of a mixed cystic/solid component tumor involving the inferior vena cava, heart and pulmonary artery. Complete resection of the cardiac tumor was performed and lymphangioma was confirmed based on histopathologic examination. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of lymphangiomatosis with cardiac and pelvic involvement in the published clinical literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do 420-767, Korea. dhk1107@hanmail.net
authors.forename: Dong Hun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hye-Sun
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Hee Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Keun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Her
authors.forename: Eun Ha
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Suk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology*