title: Sclerosing hemangioma with metastases to multiple nodal stations.
abstract: We present a case of a large pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma with metastases to multiple lymph nodal stations and suspected contralateral pulmonary metastasis. Four cases (including the present) have been reported to have lymph node metastasis, and all had large tumors exceeding 3.5 cm in diameter. Accordingly, resection of sclerosing hemangioma is advisable while the tumor is small. Even in cases with a large sclerosing hemangioma, lymph node metastasis may be uncommon. However lymph node dissection may be necessary to detect lymph node metastasis in selected cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Nagoya City University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Motoki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamakawa
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiriyama
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murase
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011013:Pneumonectomy