A Case of Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma with an Increased Size and Chest Discomfort on 10 Years' Follow-up.
- Author:
Jin Woo CHOO
1
;
An Soo JANG
;
Seok Chun YEUM
;
Min Gyu KONG
;
Jae Hyung NAM
;
Ji Soo HAN
;
So Jung YEO
;
Choon Sik PARK
;
Eun Seok KOH
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea. jas877@schmc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma;
Lung diseases;
Follow-up studies
- MeSH:
Aged;
Epithelial Cells;
Female;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Lung;
Lung Diseases;
Middle Aged;
Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma;
Thorax
- From:Soonchunhyang Medical Science
2012;18(1):61-65
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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 3.2x3.1 cm to 6.0x5.3 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.
