- The symptoms caused by a mass are not always correlated with its location and size.
- The posterior mediastinum is a potential source of pathology for the respiratory physician.
Thorax 2004;59:820; doi:10.1136/thx.2004.027359
Copyright © 2004 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Thoracic Society.
Thorax 2004;59:820
© 2004 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Thoracic Society
© 2004 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Thoracic Society
Images in Thorax
Lymphangioma: a rare cause of a mediastinal mass
Wycombe Hospital, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 2TT, UK
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr R J Parker
Thoracic Medicine Office, Wycombe Hospital, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 2TT, UK; robertparker@doctors.org.uk
Keywords: oesophageal lymphangioma; mediastinal mass
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
A chest radiograph performed on an asymptomatic 47 year old man under investigation for hypertension was suspicious of a retrocardiac mass. Contrast enhanced computed tomographic (CT) scanning demonstrated a large low attenuation mass encasing the oesophagus. It extended from the carina to the diaphragm and measured 15 x 7 cm in diameter (fig 1
). The air space consolidation and small pleural effusion at the base of the left lung were judged incidental findings as they had completely resolved 1 week later when a CT guided biopsy was attempted. A barium swallow showed that the oesophagus was of abnormal calibre but emptied promptly. Video assisted thoracoscopic biopsy was undertaken.
[in a new window] Figure 1 CT scan showing a large retrocardiac mass encasing the oesophagus.
| |||||||||
Learning points
Histological
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
Services
- Email this link to a friend
- Similar articles in this journal
- Similar articles in PubMed
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
PubMed
Topic Collections
Bookmark with
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.
