Video-assisted thoracic surgery excision of mediastinal hemangioma.

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Published: October 2009

A 62-year-old woman with a middle mediastinal hemangioma was successfully treated using a video-assisted thoracic surgery approach facilitated by segmental rib resection, despite an initial radiological study that showed encasement by the surrounding great vessels. Pathological examination confirmed a cavernous hemangioma. This approach offers potential resection in difficult cases of mediastinal tumor.

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