Five cases of the lymphangioma of the mediastinum in adult

Mediastinal lymphangioma is rare disease. Above all cavernous type of mediastinal lymphangioma is very rare. We report 5 cases of mediastinal lymphangioma including cavernous type. CT was performed in all and revealed that they were smoothly marginated and cystic. All were surgically resected and sp...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2001-04, Vol.7 (2), p.103-105
Hauptverfasser:	Oshikiri, T, Morikawa, T, Jinushi, E, Kawakami, Y, Katoh, H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Biopsy Dyspnea - etiology Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Lymphangioma - complications Lymphangioma - diagnosis Lymphangioma - surgery Lymphangioma, Cystic - complications Lymphangioma, Cystic - diagnosis Lymphangioma, Cystic - surgery Magnetic Resonance Imaging - standards Male Mediastinal Neoplasms - complications Mediastinal Neoplasms - diagnosis Mediastinal Neoplasms - surgery Middle Aged Preoperative Care - methods Superior Vena Cava Syndrome - etiology Tomography, X-Ray Computed - standards Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	Mediastinal lymphangioma is rare disease. Above all cavernous type of mediastinal lymphangioma is very rare. We report 5 cases of mediastinal lymphangioma including cavernous type. CT was performed in all and revealed that they were smoothly marginated and cystic. All were surgically resected and specimens were classified pathologically into cystic type (3 cases), cavernous type (1 case) and mixed type of the two (1 case). MRI was performed in the cavernous type and suggested that the mass was lymphangioma because of pathognomonic lesion. Despite preoperative diagnosis of mediastinal lymphangioma is difficult, MRI is able to useful examination. In the follow-ups there has been no recurrence in our series.
ISSN:	1341-1098