Open AccessRespiratory Arrest Caused by Endobronchial Sclerosing Hemangioma of the Left Main Bronchus
Author(s) -
M. Jawad Latif,
GA Rahman,
Cliff P. Connery
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e3181ab3198
Subject(s) - medicine , hemangioma , bronchus , bronchoscopy , airway , lesion , presentation (obstetrics) , radiology , respiratory system , airway obstruction , left main bronchus , right main bronchus , pathology , respiratory disease , lung , surgery
Sclerosing hemangioma is a rare pulmonary tumor that usually grows as a peripheral intraparenchymal lesion in the lungs. Although some case series have described this rare tumor, endobronchial growth of sclerosing hemangioma is extremely rare, with only 3 reported cases in the literature to date. We describe a patient who presented with respiratory arrest secondary to bilateral mechanical airway obstruction caused by this tumor. Such a presentation has never been described in the literature before and, as such, proved to be a challenging diagnosis.