Giant intramuscular haemangioma of the chest wall with osteolytic change.
Intramuscular haemangioma of the chest wall is very rare, and only few cases associated with rib destruction has been reported. Here, we describe a 37-year old woman with a giant intramuscular haemangioma arising in the left back and associated with rib destruction.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Himeji City, Hyogo, Japan. katccha@ares.eonet.ne.jp
Katsunari
K
Matsuoka
Mitsuhiro
M
Ueda
Yoshihiro
Y
Miyamoto
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012272:Ribs / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D035441:Thoracic Wall