title: Mediastinal hemangioma: Masquerading as pleural effusion.
abstract: We present a rare case of mediastinal hemangioma in a 4-year-old child. The child presented with cough and fever and the chest radiograph revealed right pleural effusion. On further work-up with chest computed tomography mediastinal cystic mass occupying the right hemithorax was identified. The cystic mass was resected completely through a right thoracotomy. Histopathological examination established the final diagnosis of mediastinal capillary hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deepak
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: M Narendra
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Gowrishankar
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramesh
keywords: Capillary hemangioma; mediastinal mass; pleural effusion