Mediastinal venolymphatic malformations mimicking thymic carcinoma
This report was about a 60‐year‐old asymptomatic female patient who presented to our clinic with an anterior mediastinal mass found on routine chest computed tomography (CT). Chest CT revealed an irregular poorly enhanced anterior mediastinal mass which showed signs of infiltration to adjacent struc...
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doaj-82887297bc8048d8a0f84826741e3b7a2020-11-25T01:12:24ZengWileyThoracic Cancer1759-77061759-77142020-01-0111117017210.1111/1759-7714.13239Mediastinal venolymphatic malformations mimicking thymic carcinomaMin Kyun Kang0Do Kyun Kang1Youn‐Ho Hwang2Ji Yeon Kim3Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Haeundae Paik Hospital Busan South KoreaDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Haeundae Paik Hospital Busan South KoreaDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Haeundae Paik Hospital Busan South KoreaDepartment of Pathology Inje University College of Medicine Busan South KoreaThis report was about a 60‐year‐old asymptomatic female patient who presented to our clinic with an anterior mediastinal mass found on routine chest computed tomography (CT). Chest CT revealed an irregular poorly enhanced anterior mediastinal mass which showed signs of infiltration to adjacent structures with sparse calcifications. The preliminary diagnosis was thymic carcinoma. The patient underwent extended thymectomy via median sternotomy and complete excision of the tumor. A small draining vein to the left brachiocephalic vein and phleboliths were identified in the tumor. A definitive diagnosis was made of mediastinal venolymphatic malformation (VLM). The patient had an uneventful clinical course and was discharged without further complication. This report highlights that it is possible to misdiagnose mediastinal VLM as thymic carcinoma and could serve as a useful reminder to physicians in the future.https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.13239Mediastinumthymic carcinomavenolymphatic malformation |
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Min Kyun Kang Do Kyun Kang Youn‐Ho Hwang Ji Yeon Kim Mediastinal venolymphatic malformations mimicking thymic carcinoma Thoracic Cancer Mediastinum thymic carcinoma venolymphatic malformation |
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Mediastinal venolymphatic malformations mimicking thymic carcinoma |
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Mediastinal venolymphatic malformations mimicking thymic carcinoma |
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Mediastinal venolymphatic malformations mimicking thymic carcinoma |
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Mediastinal venolymphatic malformations mimicking thymic carcinoma |
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Mediastinal venolymphatic malformations mimicking thymic carcinoma |
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mediastinal venolymphatic malformations mimicking thymic carcinoma |
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Thoracic Cancer |
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1759-7706 1759-7714 |
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2020-01-01 |
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This report was about a 60‐year‐old asymptomatic female patient who presented to our clinic with an anterior mediastinal mass found on routine chest computed tomography (CT). Chest CT revealed an irregular poorly enhanced anterior mediastinal mass which showed signs of infiltration to adjacent structures with sparse calcifications. The preliminary diagnosis was thymic carcinoma. The patient underwent extended thymectomy via median sternotomy and complete excision of the tumor. A small draining vein to the left brachiocephalic vein and phleboliths were identified in the tumor. A definitive diagnosis was made of mediastinal venolymphatic malformation (VLM). The patient had an uneventful clinical course and was discharged without further complication. This report highlights that it is possible to misdiagnose mediastinal VLM as thymic carcinoma and could serve as a useful reminder to physicians in the future. |
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Mediastinum thymic carcinoma venolymphatic malformation |
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.13239 |
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