Angiomatosis is a nonneoplastic proliferative vascular lesion, which occurs mostly in diverse soft tissues. We observed a rare case of mediastinal angiomatosis with intraspinal invasion that mimicked a dumbbell tumor in a 63-year-old man with a history of prostate adenocarcinoma. A roentgenogram of the chest showed that the patient had left pleural effusion and a left paraspinal mass, computed tomography disclosed a low-density fusiform lesion over the left paraspinal region, and magnetic resonance imaging confirmed a large posterior mediastinal tumor with T4 intraspinal invasion. The tumor was completely excised through a laminectomy of the T3-5 spine, followed by thoracoscopic removal of the mediastinal part. The definitive diagnosis was angiomatosis. Surgical removal of such a dumbbell-mimicked tumor is mandatory because it may progress to spinal cord compression.
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