title: Venous hemangioma presenting as a superior sulcus tumor.
abstract: Non-small cell pulmonary carcinomas represent the majority of tumors located in the superior sulcus. However, only 5% of all non-small cell pulmonary carcinomas present in the superior sulcus. Other causes of superior sulcus tumors include metastatic tumors, hematologic malignancies, infectious causes, and amyloid nodules, as well as other lesions. We report a case in which a venous hemangioma presented as a superior sulcus tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Younga
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mott
authors.forename: Zane T
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Hammoud
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010178:Pancoast Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed