Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2010 Apr;43(2):208-211.
Venous Hemangioma Mimicking Mediastinal Solid Mass: A case report
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Korea.
- 2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Korea. cswoo1@hallym.or.kr
- 3Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Korea.
Abstract
- An occurrence of hemangioma in the mediastinum is a very rare, accounting for less than 0.5% of mediastinal tumors. Capillary hemangiomas and cavernous hemangiomas consists of over 90% of mediastinal hemangiomas. However, venous hemangioma has never been reported in South Korea and has also very rarely been reported worldwide. We found mediastinal solid mass, as an incidental finding during a follow-up chest CT scan of a 44-year-old female patient who had undergone colon cancer surgery. We performed a mediastinoscopic biopsy. We did a thoracotomy to remove this mass because hemorrhage and found a totally resected venous hemangioma.
