title: [Cavernous haemangioma of the chest wall--case report].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cavernous hemangiomas are among the least common benign chest wall masses. The aim of this study is to present a case of a 40-year-old women, with a giant cavernous haemangioma arising in the left axillary area.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 40-year-old female, was referred to a pulmonologist, after her chest radiograph showed, in the upper field of the left lung, a peripherally located shading (13 cm long and 3.5 cm deep) connecting with the pleura. The skin above the change was not discoloured. Contrast-enhanced CT showed a cavernous haemangioma (17 cm long and 13 cm wide) located mostly in the left axillary area. The main vascular supply of the haemangioma came from a direct branch of the left axillary artery, the left intervertebral arteries (levels Ill-VII) and a branch of the left internal thoracic artery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report illustrates a rare case of a giant cavernous haemangioma and the treatment challenges it poses.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Czyzowski
authors.forename: Krzysztof A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Tomaszewski
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urbanik
authors.forename: Iwona M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Tomaszewska
authors.forename: Jerzy A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Walocha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001365:Axilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed