Sclerosing hemangioma of the lung.
A well circumscribed nodular mass discovered on routine chest ray examination, in the left inferior lobe of an otherwise healthy 49-year-old male. Histopathologically the lesion corresponded to a typical so called sclerosing hemangioma. The clinical and histopathological features are described. The sclerosing hemangioma of the lung is a rare benign tumor. Its histogenesis has not been explained yet. Following the electron-microscopic and immunohistochemical researches the opinions have been still unhomogeneous. Therefore, it is concluded that is a tumor of epithelial, endothelial, mesenchymal and even mesothelial origin. This study deals with this tumor, its immunohistochemical analysis points at its epithelial character.
Halkic
Nermin
N
Service de Chirurgie, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Dusmet
Michael
M
Abdelmoumene
Amina
A
Pezzetta
Edgardo
E
Lemoine
Robert
R
Ris
Hans-Beat
HB
D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged