title: Intercostal hemangioma presenting as a chest wall tumor.
abstract: Skeletal muscle hemangiomas are uncommonly described in a variety of locations. This report details the diagnosis and management of a 39-year-old woman with a right chest wall mass detected on physical examination. After a negative diagnostic evaluation, exploratory thoracotomy revealed an intercostal hemangioma, undescribed in recent literature. The lesion was excised.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, Illinois.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Winchester
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Victor
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Fry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007366:Intercostal Muscles; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery