Thymic Cavernous Hemangioma With a Left Innominate Vein Aneurysm

Takeo Nakada; Tadashi Akiba; Takuya Inagaki; Toshiaki Morikawa; Takao Ohki

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.057

Thymic Cavernous Hemangioma With a Left Innominate Vein Aneurysm

Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Jul;100(1):320-2. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.057.

Authors

Takeo Nakada¹, Tadashi Akiba², Takuya Inagaki², Toshiaki Morikawa³, Takao Ohki³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Surgery, Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
³ Department of Surgery, Jikei University Hospital, Minatoku, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 26140781
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.057

Abstract

Here we report a case of thymic cavernous haemangioma with the left innominate vein aneurysm. A 43-year-old man presented with chest pain. Enhanced chest computed tomography revealed an anterior mediastinal tumor measuring 60 × 52 × 38 mm with multiple venous lakes and focal specks of calcification, composed of a low-density soft tissue mass along with a left innominate vein aneurysm. We preoperatively diagnosed the mass as a thymic hemangioma and subsequently performed surgical resection. Pathologic diagnosis was a thymic cavernous hemangioma with a left innominate vein aneurysm, which is very rare.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aneurysm / complications*
Brachiocephalic Veins*
Hemangioma, Cavernous / complications*
Humans
Male
Thymus Neoplasms / complications*