Middle mediastinal hemangioma: A case report

A 52-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with the diagnosis of an unenhanced middle mediastinal tumor on the right side of the heart and enlargement of the superior vena cava (SVC) as an incidental finding on a chest and abdominal CT during an examination for abdominal pain. We performed a t...

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Published inThe Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 849 - 853
Main Authors Hosaka, Yasuko, Yamato, Yasushi, Yoshiya, Katsuo, Koike, Teruaki
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published The Japanese Association for Chest Surgery 15.09.2009
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enlargement of SVC
hemangioma
middle mediastinal tumor
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Summary:A 52-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with the diagnosis of an unenhanced middle mediastinal tumor on the right side of the heart and enlargement of the superior vena cava (SVC) as an incidental finding on a chest and abdominal CT during an examination for abdominal pain. We performed a thoracoscopic biopsy of the tumor, which was hemorrhagic and was present from the lower part of the SVC to the top of the diaphragma. The tumor was diagnosed as cavernous hemangioma according to the pathological examination. The incidence of mediastinal hemangioma is less than 0.5% of all mediastinal tumors, and middle mediastinal hemangioma is very rare. Therefore, we herein report this rare case of middle mediastinal hemangioma with enlargement of the SVC.
ISSN:0919-0945
1881-4158
DOI:10.2995/jacsurg.23.849