Recurrent Pulmonary Capillary Hemangioma: Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced CT and Histopathologic Findings

Abstract

We report the dynamic contrast-enhanced CT and histopathologic findings of a rare case of recurrent pulmonary capillary hemangiomas. The findings consisted of peripheral nodular enhancement at the early arterial phase and a subsequent "central filling-in" enhancement pattern on the delayed scans, which was identical to the well-known enhancement pattern of hemangiomas of the liver. Although there was no evidence of histological malignancy, pulmonary capillary hemangiomas manifested as multiple nodular lesions and showed postoperative recurrence.

Recurrent Pulmonary Hemangioma: A Case Report

“…Both discovered radiologically as nodules frosted glass [9]. Eun Young Kim and al also reported two cases of pulmonary hemangiomas shaped solitary nodules [1]. In both cases, the diagnosis of bronchogenic carcinoma was argued before the pathology results confirmed the diagnosis of hemangioma.…”

“…Two cases of recurrence has been reported in the literature [1,10] one of them is a young woman of 22 years, 50 months after resection of pulmonary left nodules, which the anatomopathology study confirmed angiomatosis origin. New pulmonary nodules were detected in a chest radiograph.…”

“…A single case of recurrent pulmonary Hemangioma has been reported and documented up until today [1]. The aim of our study is to report a medical observation of a case of recurrent Pulmonary Angioma.…”

A Case of Capillary Hemangioma of Lingular Segmental Bronchus in Adult

“…The majority was found in trachea4 but isolated endobronchial lesion2,8 has been relatively infrequent. In Korean literature, several cases of tracheal capillary hemangioma3,4 and pulmonary capillary hemangioma5 were reported, and a case of capillary hemangioma of left main bronchus in an infant was reported9.…”

“…Capillary hemangiomas of tracheobronchial trees are very rare in both adults and infants2. In Korean literature, there have been several reports of capillary hemangioma of adult trachea3,4 and lung parenchyma5, but none has been reported to date in the lobar bronchus of adults. We report a case of isolated endobronchial capillary hemangioma in adult, which was diagnosed with pathologic examination of the forcep biopsied specimen.…”