title: Giant primary cystic mediastinal lymphangioma: A case report.
abstract: Cystic lymphangioma mainly occurs in children. Cystic mediastinal lymphangioma (CML) originates from mediastinal tissues and is an extremely uncommon cystic lymphangioma that develops from the lymphatic vessels. The present study reports the case of 46-year-old male patient with a giant CML that was surgically resected by video-assisted thoracoscopy. The largest diameter of the CML was 18.0 cm, and ~400 ml of pale yellow fluid was removed from the cystic cavity during surgery. The postoperative pathological reports on the cystic wall showed that the neoplasm was a CML. At present, at the one-year postoperative follow-up, there are no signs of recurrence. In conclusion, complete surgical resection may prevent recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Union Medicine Centre, Tianjin 300121, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Bingjun
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Union Medicine Centre, Tianjin 300121, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Chunyang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, The Fifth Center Hospital of Tianjin City, Tianjin 300450, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Baoqin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Hebei United University, Tangshan, Hebei 063001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Tianjin Union Medicine Centre, Tianjin 300121, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tangshan People's Hospital, Tangshan, Hebei 063001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Union Medicine Centre, Tianjin 300121, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Hongrui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Union Medicine Centre, Tianjin 300121, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Union Medicine Centre, Tianjin 300121, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Youkui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Union Medicine Centre, Tianjin 300121, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Shuzhong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Union Medicine Centre, Tianjin 300121, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Union Medicine Centre, Tianjin 300121, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
keywords: cystic mediastinal lymphangioma; recurrence; surgery