Unilateral progressive multiple sclerosing hemangioma in a young female successfully treated by pneumonectomy: report of a case.
A 25-year-old woman had been followed for 7 years after multiple pulmonary nodules were detected in both the upper and lower lobes of the left lung on chest X-ray when she was 17 years of age. These pulmonary nodules were gradually increasing in size and, at 25 years of age, transbronchofiberscopic biopsy suggested the possibility of adenocarcinoma. Left pneumonectomy was performed. The diagnosis of multiple tumors was confirmed as sclerosing hemangioma by postoperative histopathological examination of the resected lung. The patient has remained well for 2 years to date after resection.
Hayashi
Akihiro
A
Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan. akihiro@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
Takamori
Shinzo
S
Mitsuoka
Masahiro
M
Fujimoto
Kiminori
K
Rikimaru
Toru
T
Jimi
Atsuo
A
Shizouzu
Kazuo
K
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed