Lymphangioma: a rare cause of a mediastinal mass
- Wycombe Hospital, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 2TT, UK
- Correspondence to:
Dr R J Parker
Thoracic Medicine Office, Wycombe Hospital, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 2TT, UK; robertparkerdoctors.org.uk
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 × 7 cm in diameter (fig 1). The air space …
