Mediastinal lymphangioma and chylothorax: thoracic involvement of Gorham's disease

Korean J Radiol. 2002 Apr-Jun;3(2):130-2. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2002.3.2.130.

Abstract

We report a case of mediastinal lymphangioma associated with Gorham's disease in a 38-year-old man who had suffered recurrent clavicular fractures during a seven-year period. Mediastinal widening associated with osteolysis of the clavicles and the sternal manubrium was revealed by chest radiography, while computed tomography demonstrated a cystic anterior mediastinal mass infiltrating mediastinal fat and associated with osseous destruction of the clavicles and manubrium. Chylothorax recurred during the course of the disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chylothorax / complications*
  • Humans
  • Lymphangioma / complications*
  • Lymphangioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteolysis, Essential / complications*
  • Osteolysis, Essential / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteolysis, Essential / pathology
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed