A Case of Mediastinal Cystic Lymphangioma.
Acta Med Okayama
; 69(6): 361-3, 2015.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26690247
ABSTRACT
A 35-year-old Japanese man's routine chest radiography revealed an abnormal opacity. Chest computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a 5.5 cm in dia. cystic tumor located at the left anterior mediastinum. The tumor was suspected to be an asymptomatic thymic cyst, and we chose observation for the tumor. At the 3-year follow up, the cystic tumor had gradually enlarged to 7.5 cm in dia. and we thus performed a surgical resection via left video-assisted thoracic surgery. An immunohistochemical analysis showed that the cystic tumor was not a thymic cyst but rather a mediastinal cystic lymphangioma. Mediastinal cystic lymphangiomas are very rare, and they are difficult to diagnose preoperatively. Complete surgical resection is proposed for the treatment of such tumors.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Linfangioma Cístico
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Neoplasias do Mediastino
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article