[Sclerosing hemangioma presenting as a solitary lung nodule. Report of one case]

Rev Med Chil. 2004 Jul;132(7):853-6. doi: 10.4067/s0034-98872004000700010.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Lung sclerosing hemangioma is an uncommon tumor that presents as a solitary asymptomatic nodule and that affects middle age women. It derives from type II pneumocytes. We report a 52 years old female with a solitary lung nodule detected in a chest X ray requested for the diagnosis of an acute respiratory disease. The nodule was excised by video thoracoscopy and the frozen section biopsy was informed as a non small cell undifferentiated carcinoma. Therefore an inferior right lobectomy with lymph node resection was performed. The definitive biopsy was informed as a lung sclerosing hemangioma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy / methods
  • Biopsy, Fine-Needle
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Frozen Sections
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma / pathology*
  • Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma / surgery
  • Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / pathology
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted