Cavernous Lymphangioma in the Mediastinum in an Adult Patient. Case Report | Biomedgrid

A 52-year-old woman presents thoracic intermittent pain, in computed tomography (CT), shows an oval image with a density of 20 UH. In the surgery, we found in medium mediastinum a tumor of 7 cm, lobulated, cystic aspect related in the anterior side with superior vena cava, external side vein with azigos vein, and internal side with Aorta. Report histopathology is cavernous lymphangioma. Cavernous lymphangioma is a congenital malformation, includes focal proliferations well differentiated of lymphatic tissue. Approximately 1% are confined to the thorax, most commonly located in the mediastinum, represent 0.7%-4.5% of all mediastinal tumors