Giant Cystic Mediastinal Lymphangioma

Giant Cystic Mediastinal Lymphangioma

Cystic lymphangioma mainly occurs in children and develops from the lymphatic vessels. The present study reports the case of a 36-year-old female patient with a giant cystic mediastinal lymphangioma. She was asymptomatic and the diagnosis was accidental. Imaging studies are important for referral to...

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Main Authors: Ana Catarina Dionísio, Ricardo Gomes, Eduardo Cernadas, Isabel Caballero, José Proença, Didia Lages, Leopoldina Vicente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2019-12-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
cystic lymphangioma
mediastinal tumour
surgical approach
Online Access:https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1323
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spelling doaj-ab74ec8cc9e344bfb76318f1f3a8e40a2020-11-25T01:25:07ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942019-12-0110.12890/2019_0013231323Giant Cystic Mediastinal LymphangiomaAna Catarina Dionísio0Ricardo Gomes1Eduardo Cernadas2Isabel Caballero3José Proença4Didia Lages5Leopoldina Vicente6Internal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Cova da Beira, Covilhã, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Cova da Beira, Covilhã, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Cova da Beira, Covilhã, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Cova da Beira, Covilhã, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Cova da Beira, Covilhã, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Cova da Beira, Covilhã, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Cova da Beira, Covilhã, PortugalCystic lymphangioma mainly occurs in children and develops from the lymphatic vessels. The present study reports the case of a 36-year-old female patient with a giant cystic mediastinal lymphangioma. She was asymptomatic and the diagnosis was accidental. Imaging studies are important for referral to the Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Department for surgical intervention in order to remove the lesion. It is important that in the case of an enlargement of the mediastinum observed in a thoracic X-ray, the possible diagnosis takes into consideration various hypotheses. Early diagnosis may prevent further growth and infiltration of structures that hinder the surgical approach.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1323cystic lymphangiomamediastinal tumoursurgical approach
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author Ana Catarina Dionísio
Ricardo Gomes
Eduardo Cernadas
Isabel Caballero
José Proença
Didia Lages
Leopoldina Vicente
spellingShingle Ana Catarina Dionísio
Ricardo Gomes
Eduardo Cernadas
Isabel Caballero
José Proença
Didia Lages
Leopoldina Vicente
Giant Cystic Mediastinal Lymphangioma
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
cystic lymphangioma
mediastinal tumour
surgical approach
author_facet Ana Catarina Dionísio
Ricardo Gomes
Eduardo Cernadas
Isabel Caballero
José Proença
Didia Lages
Leopoldina Vicente
author_sort Ana Catarina Dionísio
title Giant Cystic Mediastinal Lymphangioma
title_short Giant Cystic Mediastinal Lymphangioma
title_full Giant Cystic Mediastinal Lymphangioma
title_fullStr Giant Cystic Mediastinal Lymphangioma
title_full_unstemmed Giant Cystic Mediastinal Lymphangioma
title_sort giant cystic mediastinal lymphangioma
publisher SMC MEDIA SRL
series European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
issn 2284-2594
publishDate 2019-12-01
description Cystic lymphangioma mainly occurs in children and develops from the lymphatic vessels. The present study reports the case of a 36-year-old female patient with a giant cystic mediastinal lymphangioma. She was asymptomatic and the diagnosis was accidental. Imaging studies are important for referral to the Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Department for surgical intervention in order to remove the lesion. It is important that in the case of an enlargement of the mediastinum observed in a thoracic X-ray, the possible diagnosis takes into consideration various hypotheses. Early diagnosis may prevent further growth and infiltration of structures that hinder the surgical approach.
topic cystic lymphangioma
mediastinal tumour
surgical approach
url https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1323
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