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KMID : 0388419930030010195
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Konkuk Journal of Medical Sciences
1993 Volume.3 No. 1 p.195 ~ p.198
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Mediastinal Cystic Lymphangioma : case Report
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Abstract
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cystic lymphangiomas are uncommon neoplasms and are rare in the mediastinum.Approximately seventy-five percent occur within the neck and twenty percent in the axilla with the remaining five percent presenting in the mediastinum and abdomen. Most
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type of mediastinal lymphangioma is the tumor extends from the neck into the mediastinum and frequently occurs in young chidren under age two. It is unusualfor lymphangioma to exist in the mediastinum alone, which noted usually in adults. Authors
experienced a cese of mediastinal cystic lymphangloma in a 54-year-old woman. Chest roentgenogram revealed a large soft tissue onthe left side of the anterior mediastinum below the arotic arch. CT scan showed well defined and thin walled water
density
mass lying in the anterior mediastium on left which did not displace or compress the adijacent mediastinal structure. The mass was totally resected.
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