Anterior mediastinal lymphangioma: pre- and postnatal sonographic findings.
Anterior mediastinal lymphangiomas are very rare in utero with only a few cases reported in literature. We present a case of anterior mediastinal lymphangioma that was diagnosed on prenatal sonography (US) at 22 weeks' gestation. It appeared as a well-defined, multi-septated anechoic mass, in the anterior mediastinum between the heart base and right chest wall. There was no solid component and no internal flow on color Doppler US. The pre- and postnatal US findings are correlated with prenatal MRI and postnatal CT findings.
Department of Radiology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ibrahim
I
Adaletli
Alexander J
AJ
Towbin
Mustafa
M
Ozbayrak
Riza
R
Madazli
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal