Imaging findings of an intercostal hemangioma.
The authors present the imaging findings in a 44-year-old woman with a rare intercostal hemangioma that originated from the connective tissue between the intercostal muscle and parietal pleura and protruded into the thoracic cavity. The contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) showed a markedly enhancing mass, whereas dynamic magnetic resonance (MR) images showed heterogeneous and strong enhancement with incomplete early eccentric enhancement peripherally followed by complete filling-in on delayed scans. The imaging features of CT and MR imaging of a hemangioma may be useful for proper preoperative diagnosis.
Yuan
Yue
Y
Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minamikogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan.
Matsumoto
Tsuneo
T
Miura
Goji
G
Tanaka
Nobuyuki
N
Emoto
Takuya
T
Kawamura
Takeo
T
Matsunaga
Naofumi
N
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed