1. A rare case of pedunculated bronchial hemangioma
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Massimo Midiri, Vincenzo Bellia, F Guddo, Maria Bellia, Roberto Lagalla, S Regio, A. Lo Casto, BELLIA M, LO CASTO A, GUDDO F, MIDIRI M, REGIO S, LAGALLA R, and BELLIA V
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,lcsh:Medicine ,Computed tomography ,Lasers, Solid-State ,Lesion ,Hemangioma ,Rare case ,medicine ,Vascular Neoplasm ,Humans ,Productive Cough ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Capillary hemangioma ,Bronchial hemangioma ,Bronchial Neoplasms ,lcsh:R ,Fiberoptic bronchoscopy ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Pulmonary neoplasms ,Radiology ,bronchial hemangioma, CT ,medicine.symptom ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
We describe a rare case of pedunculated endobronchial hemangioma observed in a 60 years old patient complaining of chronic productive cough and accessional dyspnea which had been progressively worsening over 20 years. The lesion was first noticed at fiberoptic bronchoscopy; then computed tomography scan was performed and integrated with tridimensional reconstruction techniques. Pathology showed the picture of a vascular neoplasm, compatible with capillary hemangioma. The lesion was submitted to laser-assisted endoscopic removal in order to relieve the obstruction, leading to remission of symptoms.
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- 2008