title: About a challenging mediastinal tumor.
abstract: Mediastinal hemangiomas are rare, accounting for 0.5% of all mediastinal tumors. These tumors are challenging because of the lack of specific clinical and radiologic signs. We report a 10-year experience of 5 mediastinal hemangiomas in a single institution, with neurologic signs related to neuroforaminal extension in 2 cases. Surgical treatment was performed in all 5 patients, without complications after a follow-up period varying from 9 months to 2 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia mlika.zorgati.mona@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mlika
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Emna
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Braham
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Rim
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamrouni
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Hazem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zribi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Faouzi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: El Mezni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D056346:Sternotomy; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013908:Thoracotomy; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014416:Tunisia; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Hemangioma; mediastinal neoplasms; thoracic surgery; video-assisted