Effect of Thyrocervical Artery Embolization for Mediastinal Hemangioma with Pleural Effusion

Intern Med. 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.3358-23. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA 72-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of breathlessness. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a tumor with intense early enhancement and pleural effusion. Although the pleural effusion was not bloody, the tumor showed a hypervascular area on angiography. Left thyrocervical artery embolization was performed to prevent bleeding during the operation. After embolization, chest radiography revealed decreased pleural effusion. The tumor was resected and pathologically diagnosed as a mediastinal cavernous hemangioma. To our knowledge, mediastinal hemangiomas with pleural effusion are extremely rare; thus, this is the first report of reduced pleural effusion in mediastinal hemangiomas after artery embolization.PMID:38522906 | DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.3358-23
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