[A rare case of multiple sclerosing hemangiomas of the lung]

Rev Port Pneumol. 2008 Mar-Apr;14(2):291-4. doi: 10.1016/s0873-2159(15)30237-3.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

Sclerosing hemangioma of the lung is an uncommon benign tumour which usually presents as an asymptomatic solitary nodule. Multiplicity is very rare. The authors describe a case of a 50 year-old asymptomatic woman with multiple nodular lesions involving all the lobes of both lungs, which underwent diagnostic thoracotomy after thorough investigation to exclude extra-pulmonary neoplasia. The biopsies obtained led to the diagnosis of pulmonary sclerosing hemangiomas. This is one of the few cases described with this presentation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma / pathology*