Multiple sclerosing hemangiomas of the lung arising in a man

Abstract

We present herein a rare case of multiple pulmonary sclerosing hemangiomas arising in an asymptomatic 22-year-old man. He was referred to our hospital because of abnormal shadows on chest X-ray film. Chest X-ray and computed tomogramphy (CT) scans of the chest showed multiple small nodules in the lower lobe of the right lung. He underwent partial resection of the lung to confirm the histological diagnosis. During the operation, in addition to the main tumors, innumerable minute nodules were found on the surface of the lower lobe of the right lung. No such lesion was found in other lobes. The resected specimen revealed multiple sclerosing hemangiomas. He has been doing well with neither nodule growth nor new lesions for 14 months to date after the operation.