Giant intramuscular haemangioma of the chest wall with osteolytic change

Katsunari Matsuoka; Mitsuhiro Ueda; Yoshihiro Miyamoto

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezr145

Giant intramuscular haemangioma of the chest wall with osteolytic change

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2012 May;41(5):1202-3. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr145. Epub 2011 Dec 21.

Authors

Katsunari Matsuoka¹, Mitsuhiro Ueda, Yoshihiro Miyamoto

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Himeji City, Hyogo, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 22219438
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr145

Abstract

Intramuscular haemangioma of the chest wall is very rare, and only few cases associated with rib destruction has been reported. Here, we describe a 37-year old woman with a giant intramuscular haemangioma arising in the left back and associated with rib destruction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Hemangioma / complications*
Hemangioma / diagnostic imaging
Hemangioma / pathology
Humans
Muscle Neoplasms / complications*
Muscle Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Muscle Neoplasms / pathology
Osteolysis / diagnostic imaging
Osteolysis / etiology*
Radiography
Ribs / diagnostic imaging*
Thoracic Wall