CT features of mediastinal lymphangiohemangioma associated with superior vena cava ectasia. A case report

Acta Radiol. 2000 Sep;41(5):429-31. doi: 10.1080/028418500127345866.

Abstract

We present a case of mediastinal mesenchymal tumor in a 53-year-old woman with a 1-month history of chest tightness. A histological diagnosis of lymphangiohemangioma was obtained by excisional biopsy. CT findings are reported with emphasis on its association with intratumoral superior vena cava ectasia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Hemangioma / blood supply
  • Hemangioma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hemangioma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lymphangioma / blood supply
  • Lymphangioma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lymphangioma / pathology
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement
  • Telangiectasis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Vena Cava, Superior / diagnostic imaging*