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Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002; 35(8): 626-629
Published online August 5, 2002
Copyright © Journal of Chest Surgery.
Hur Ji*
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Andong General Hospital
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Cavernous hemangioma in mediastinum is a rare tumor. A 13 year old girl was referred becaused of abnormal mediastinal shadow in simple chest X-ray. Chest CT scan revealed a somewhat inhomogenous cystic legion arround the whole length of SVC. Surgical excision was done through the right posterolateral thorachotomy. The pathology was confirmed as cavernous hemangioma.
Keywords: 1. Hemangioma 2. Mediastinum neoplasm 3. Vena Cava, Superior
Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002; 35(8): 626-629
Published online August 5, 2002
Copyright © Journal of Chest Surgery.
Hur Ji*
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Andong General Hospital
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Cavernous hemangioma in mediastinum is a rare tumor. A 13 year old girl was referred becaused of abnormal mediastinal shadow in simple chest X-ray. Chest CT scan revealed a somewhat inhomogenous cystic legion arround the whole length of SVC. Surgical excision was done through the right posterolateral thorachotomy. The pathology was confirmed as cavernous hemangioma.
Keywords: 1. Hemangioma 2. Mediastinum neoplasm 3. Vena Cava, Superior