title: Aortic coarctation in the presence of capillary hemangioma.
abstract: We report posterior mediastinal hemangioma in a 14-year-old girl patient with an extensive hemangioma encompassing the thoracic aorta, associated with complex coarctation. The masses were identified by contrast-enhanced computed tomography. An extra-anatomical bypass was made by grafting from the ascending to the distal descending aorta. Histological evaluation of the surgical specimens established the final diagnosis. Presence of mediastinal hemangiomas should be regarded as an important differential diagnosis of coarctation of aorta, although these are very rare tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. irfantasoglu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: İrfan
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Taşoğlu
authors.forename: Kanat
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Özışık
authors.forename: Şeref Alp
authors.initials: ŞA
authors.lastname: Küçüker
authors.forename: Doğan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sert
authors.forename: Binali
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mavitaş
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paç
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome