title: A case of mediastinal lymphangioma successfully treated with Kampo medicine.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors report a case of mediastinal lymphangioma successfully treated with Kampo medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 2-year-old boy with an axillary soft mass consulted our clinic. Physical examination findings were normal except for axillary elastic swelling. The neck and chest magnetic resonance imaging scan (MRI) showed a multilocular mass starting from a cervical lesion and extending above the carina.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After 9 months of Kampo administration, MRI showed marked regression of mediastinal lymphangioma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was found that Kampo medicine might be safe and effective as an alternative choice of treatment for lymphangiomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Japanese-Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan. okeiko2222000@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa-Ochiai
authors.forename: Nobuyasu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sekiya
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chino
authors.forename: Keigo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimata
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Yuri
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okimoto
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Higashimoto
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Namiki
authors.forename: Katsutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Terasawa
mesh_terms: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D019684:Magnoliopsida; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology; D020835:Medicine, Kampo / Q000379:methods*; D008903:Minerals / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044623:Nutrition Therapy; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D008903:Minerals; D010936:Plant Extracts