
Multiple sclerosing hemangioma of the lung
Author(s) -
Tuba Acar,
Özgür Samancılar,
Ozan Usluer,
Sülün Ermete,
Şeyda Örs Kaya
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
respiratory case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2147-2475
DOI - 10.5505/respircase.2013.46036
Subject(s) - medicine , hemangioma , lung , radiology
Sclerosing hemangioma is a rare benign neoplasm of the lung. A 23-year-old female patient was admitted to our center with back pain for the previous three months. A computed tomography of the chest revealed two nodules on the right lower lobe. Surgical exploration revealed a total of four nodules in the lower lobe and a frozen section examination of the two of them reported that the masses have a high level of suspicion of malignancy. A right lower lobectomy and mediastinal lymph node dissection was applied. After histopathological and immunohistochemical examination the patient was diagnosed with a pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma. This particular case is presented as a case of a younger patient, and furthermore, multiple masses are quite rare in this type of pathology