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A Case of Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma with an Increased Size and Chest Discomfort on 10 Years’ Follow-up

Authors :
Eun Seok Koh
Ji Soo Han
Jae Hyung Nam
Min Gyu Kong
Choon-Sik Park
An Soo Jang
Seok_Chun Yeum
Jin Woo Choo
So Jung Yeo
Source :
Soonchunhyang Medical Science. 18:61-65
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Soonchunhyang Medical Research Institute, 2012.

Abstract

Pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma is a relatively rare neoplasm of the lung with polymorphic histologic features of 2 unifying cellular components including surface cuboidal cells and interstitial round cells. Pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma typically occurs in middle aged women with asymptomatic, peripheral, solitary, well-circumscribed lesions. Although it is pathologically benign, it reveals size growing and chest symptom. We here report a case of pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma in a 72-year-old woman. She presented chest discomfort. A chest radiography and a chest computed tomography scan showed growing size from 3.2×3.1 cm to 6.0×5.3 cm in left upper lung during 10 years’ follow-up period. Surgical resection of lung revealed a distinct constellation of findings including 2 epithelial cell types, surface cells, and round cells, which form 4 architectural patterns, papillary, sclerotic, solid, and hemorrhagic. She was diagnosed as pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma and chest discomfort disappeared.

Details

ISSN :
22334297 and 22334289
Volume :
18
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Soonchunhyang Medical Science
Accession number :
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