MEDIASTINAL LYMPHANGIOMA IN AN INFANT

Citation
Ch. Yu et al., MEDIASTINAL LYMPHANGIOMA IN AN INFANT, Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 95(3), 1996, pp. 255-257
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
ISSN journal
09296646
Volume
95
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
255 - 257
Database
ISI
SICI code
0929-6646(1996)95:3<255:MLIAI>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Lymphangioma confined exclusively to the mediastinum occurs rarely in patients under 2 years of age. A 17-month-old girl presented with recu rrent respiratory symptoms and signs. Chest radiographs taken at 9 and 17 months of age showed a large mediastinal mass, which had increased in size during the interval. Sonography revealed the mass to be cysti c and multiloculated. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a hetero geneous mass lying in the anterior and superior mediastinum and envelo ping the great vessels. The child underwent a left thoracotomy and the turner was almost completely removed. The pathologic diagnosis was ca vernous lymphangioma. The postoperative course was uneventful. Lymphan gioma, though rare, should be considered in the differential list of m ediastinal tumors and cysts in infants.