title: Respiratory arrest caused by endobronchial sclerosing hemangioma of the left main bronchus.
abstract: Sclerosing hemangioma is a rare pulmonary tumor that usually grows as a peripheral intraparenchymal lesion in the lungs. Although some case series have described this rare tumor, endobronchial growth of sclerosing hemangioma is extremely rare, with only 3 reported cases in the literature to date. We describe a patient who presented with respiratory arrest secondary to bilateral mechanical airway obstruction caused by this tumor. Such a presentation has never been described in the literature before and, as such, proved to be a challenging diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Chief Division of Thoracic Surgery, St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY.
authors.forename: M Jawad
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Latif
authors.forename: G Farah
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Cliff P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Connery