title: Pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma with lymph node metastasis: A case report and literature review.
abstract: Pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma (SH) is an uncommon benign or low-grade malignant tumor. Multicentric SH and SH with lymph node metastasis have rarely been reported. The present report describes a case of pulmonary SH with lymph node metastasis in a middle-aged female. A nodule was found incidentally in the lower left lung. The patient underwent left lower pulmonary lobectomy and lymph node dissection. Histologically, the nodule demonstrated the characteristic features of SH and one of the resected lymph nodes contained a metastasis of this tumor. Thus, pulmonary SH has the potential to metastasize, a potential not suggested by histological features.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Pathology, Toyooka Hospital, Toyooka, Hyogo 668-8501, Japan ; Department of Stem Cell Disorders, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1010, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuta
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Toyooka Hospital, Toyooka, Hyogo 668-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryuji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Toyooka Hospital, Toyooka, Hyogo 668-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Keizo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minamino
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimo
authors.affiliation: Department of Stem Cell Disorders, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1010, Japan.
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikehara
keywords: lung; lymph node metastasis; middle-aged female; sclerosing hemangioma