HEMANGIOMA OF A THORACIC SYMPATHETIC-GANGLION MIMICKING A NEUROBLASTOMA

An infant presented with an asymptomatic paraspinal thoracic mass. Che st radiograph and CT scan supported the diagnosis of neuroblastoma, as did the intraoperative gross appearance and location of the mass, whi ch involved the sympathetic chain. However, histologic diagnosis confi rmed an isolated hemangioma of the sympathetic ganglion, which has not been reported previously. Hemangioma should be considered in the diff erential diagnosis of all mediastinal masses.