title: Huge hemangioma in the chest mimicking a breast tumor: report of a case.
abstract: A 35 year-old man first noticed an elastic mass like breast tumor in his left chest 17 years ago. It enlarged to the size of a child's head. Computed tomography showed a well-circumscribed mass in the left chest. Lumpectomy was performed. The mass was located under the thin major pectoralis muscle, covered with a white fibrous capsule. The specimen weighed 1360 g and measured 18 × 14 × 8 cm. Histological examination revealed a cavernous hemangioma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a chest hemangioma arising from connective tissue and located under the major pectoralis muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tadakoshi
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Orimoto
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Hirohide
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hida
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohta
keywords: cavernous hemangioma; chest; huge hemangioma
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