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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;136:1365-1367
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communication

Sclerosing hemangioma with an air halo

^a Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
^b Department of Surgery, Cathay General Hospital, and School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan
^c Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Received for publication July 21, 2007; revisions received August 24, 2007; accepted for publication November 20, 2007.

^_* Address for reprints: Wen-Hu Hsu, MD, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Rd, Taipei 112, Taiwan. (Email: whhsu@vghtpe.gov.tw).

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Sclerosing hemangioma (SH), an unusual benign pulmonary neoplasm, was first described by Liebow and Hubbell¹ in 1956. It occurs predominantly in middle-aged women.² Most patients have no symptoms, with the tumors being detected incidentally during routine chest radiographic examination. Although SH is usually seen as a solitary peripheral nodule less than 3 cm in diameter, multiple lesions have been reported in as many as 4% of all cases.² The characteristic radiologic feature of SH is a well-defined nodule with good enhancement. We present the case of a patient with SH with an unusual air halo.

Clinical Summary

A symptom-free 23-year-old man came to our clinic because of an abnormal shadow found on a chest radiographic film during military physical check-up. He reported unremarkable family and medical histories. Physical examination revealed no abnormal physical findings. Laboratory data were normal, including normal carcinoembryonic antigen and squamous cell carcinoma antigen levels. Computed tomography of the chest . . . [Full Text of this Article]