A refractory pleural effusion caused by a pleural capillary hemangioma

Kazumasa Akagi; Toyoshi Matsutake; Kiyoyasu Fukushima; Hiroshi Mukae; Hirokazu Kurohama; Hirofumi Matsumoto

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101384

A refractory pleural effusion caused by a pleural capillary hemangioma

Respir Med Case Rep. 2021 Mar 9:33:101384. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101384. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Kazumasa Akagi¹, Toyoshi Matsutake², Kiyoyasu Fukushima¹, Hiroshi Mukae³, Hirokazu Kurohama⁴, Hirofumi Matsumoto⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Isahaya Hospital, Isahaya City, Nagasaki, 859-0497, Japan.
² Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kouseikai Hospital, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, 852-8053, Japan.
³ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan.
⁴ Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya City, Nagasaki, 854-8501, Japan.
⁵ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya City, Nagasaki, 854-8501, Japan.

Abstract

A 69-year-old man presented with a left pleural effusion. Even after repeated drainage, the pleural effusion had been increasing for more than two years. Thoracoscopy unexpectedly showed a pleural mass on the parietal pleura, and it was completely removed. The diagnosis was pleural capillary hemangioma, and the effusion has not recurred after the resection. Pleural hemangioma is one of the crucial differential diagnoses of refractory pleural effusion.

Keywords: Capillary hemangioma; Nonspecific pleuritis; Pleural effusion; Refractory.

Publication types

Case Reports