## Abstract Mediastinal lymphangioma is an uncommon benign tumor accounting for 0.7 to 4.5% of all mediastinal masses. Lymphangiomas consist of dilated cystic lymph spaces lined by single layers of endothelium and do not undergo malignant change. Most mediastinal lymphangiomas are asymptomatic. The
Mediastinal cystic lymphangioma
β Scribed by R Shankar; MS Pandiyan; VK Cherian; KN Parimelazhagan
- Book ID
- 107592438
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 17 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0970-9134
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Two cases of retroperitoneal cystic lymphangioma (CL) are presented; the current literature on this rare, benign neoplasm of the lymphatic system is reviewed. This tumor consists of various numbers of cyst-like cavities filled with a serous, serosanguineous or chylous fluid. The histogenesis of CL i
## Clinical information A 12-year-old white girl was referred to our institution because of a pathological fracture of the right humerus following a minor trauma of the arm. Radiographs showed that a probable subacute transverse fracture had occurred in a multiloculated, septate, osteolytic lesion