Cystic mediastinal mass

Solitary cystic mediastinal lymphangioma.

Solitary cystic mediastinal lymphangioma (CML) is a very uncommon benign vascular tumour developed from lymphatic vessels. Cystic lymphangioma is a cyst caused by a congenital malformation of the lymphatic vessels and can affect any site in the body, but ,1% of lymphangiomas are mediastinal [1] and pulmonary lesions are even less common. They are most often located in the anterior mediastinum. ...

Cystic Mediastinal Schwannoma Presenting

Cystic schwannoma represents a neurogenic tumor of the mediastinum rarely reported in literature. Its rupture in the pleural cavity remains exceptional. We hereby report the case of a patient who presented with pleurisy for which diagnostic imaging including thoracic MRI revealed a cystic schwannoma ruptured in the pleura. This case, to the best of our knowledge, represents the very first of it...

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Mediastinal Cystic Lesions ; Experience of 77 Patients Mediastinal

1 Koray Aydogdu1, Gokturk Findik1, Yetkin Agackiran2, Furkan Sahin1, Nurettin Karaoglanoglu1, Irfan Tastepe3, Sadi Kaya1 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, 2Department of Pathology, Ataturk Chest Disease and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital, 3Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medicine Faculty of Gazi Univesity, Ankara, Turkey Mediastinal Kistik Lezyonlar / Mediastinal Cystic Lesions Med...

Posterior Mediastinal Mass

A 57-year-old woman presented with epigastric pain and cough for a period of 15 days, as well as a history of significant weight loss of 12 kgs in past 2 months. The patient had no significant past medical history. A chest x-ray was performed (Fig. 1), which prompted further work-up, consisting of a contrast-enhanced CT (Fig. 2) MRI (not shown), and PET-CT (Fig. 3). Frontal chest radiograph don...