title: Anterior mediastinal lymphangioma in an infant: diagnosis and surgical management.
abstract: Cystic lymphangioma is a rare lesion of the mediastinum. We present a patient with an antenatally detected mediastinal mass that appeared to regress during foetal life and was not demonstrated on early postnatal imaging. Acute severe respiratory distress at two months of age precipitated surgery with subsequent diagnosis of lymphangioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Nhut M H
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: Peta M A
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: Bryn O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: d'Udekem
authors.forename: Igor E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Konstantinov
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome; D056346:Sternotomy