Sclerosing haemangioma of the lung: A case report

Abstract

Sclerosing haemangioma is a rare neoplasm of the lung which behaves in a clinically benign fashion. Herein, a case of sclerosing haemangioma of the lung in a 52 years old woman is reported. She presented with symptoms of cough and chest pain. Chest X -ray and CT scan showed a well -defi ned lesion in lower lobe of left lung. Bronchoscopic biopsy fi ndings were suggestive of a carcinoid tumor. Later the tumor was removed by lobectomy. The distinctive constellation of histologic fi ndings revealed it to be a sclerosing haemangioma.

Sclerosing hemangioma of the lung

“…More than 95 % of the tumors were peripherally localized, in the form of a solitary node or mass on CT images, with appearance of homogeneous soft-tissue lesions with clear margins and numerous calcifications, as it was in our case. However, some authors described the extremely rare endobronchial and endobronchiolar localization of SHL, radiologically resembling a hydatid cyst of the lung (2,18,19). The radiological differentiation of SHL can further be performed by bronchial arteriography and PET (20).…”