Mediastinal Hemangioma: A Case Report

Authors

1 Department of Thoracic Surgery,

2 Department of Pulmonary Medicine

3 Department of Pathology

4 Department of General Surgery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, MASHHAD-IRAN.

Abstract

Mediastinal hemangioma is a very rare tumor. It may occur at any age but the cavernous form shows a predilection in children and adolescents. Mediastinal hemangioma was diagnosed in a 15-year-old boy from Afghanistan. Cough and neck swelling were his chief complaints. Chest x- ray and CT-scan showed mediastinal widening and anterior mediastinal mass. After cervical biopsy, anterior cervicomediastinal surgery was performed. Pathological examination of the lesion revealed a mediastinal hemangioma. (Tanaffos 2007; 6(4): 53-57)

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