Mediastinal Hemangioma Masquerading as a Simple Cyst

Romina D'Souza; Prodipto Pal; Binita Chacko; Lan-Chau Kha; Anastasia Oikonomou; Christian Houbois

doi:10.1097/RMR.0000000000000305

Mediastinal Hemangioma Masquerading as a Simple Cyst

Top Magn Reson Imaging. 2023 Aug 1;32(4):33-35. doi: 10.1097/RMR.0000000000000305. Epub 2023 Jul 14.

Authors

Romina D'Souza¹, Prodipto Pal^{2

3}, Binita Chacko^{1

2}, Lan-Chau Kha^{1

2}, Anastasia Oikonomou^{1

2}, Christian Houbois^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² University of Toronto, Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 37540631
DOI: 10.1097/RMR.0000000000000305

Abstract

This report presents imaging from a mediastinal mass in a patient with colon cancer. At baseline and surveillance chest computed tomography examinations, it was characterized as a pericardial cyst. However, during chemotherapy, complications arose and this mass was further characterized with a chest MRI. It was then decided to be removed, and histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of a hemangioma.

MeSH terms

Hemangioma* / complications
Hemangioma* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Mediastinal Cyst* / complications
Mediastinal Cyst* / diagnostic imaging
Mediastinal Neoplasms* / complications
Mediastinal Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Radiography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed