Intercostal venous hemangioma presenting as a chest wall tumor

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Apr;57(4):228-30. doi: 10.1007/s11748-008-0344-6. Epub 2009 Apr 15.

Abstract

Chest wall tumors are uncommon, but intercostal hemangioma is even more so: There have been only a handful of reports on it to date. We report on a 32-year-old man with a left-side chest wall mass detected on a chest roentgenogram and computed tomography scans. The tumor was completely resected by means of video-assisted thoracic surgery. Two years after the surgery, the patient is doing well with no evidence of recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Contrast Media
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hemangioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Hemangioma / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Intercostal Muscles / diagnostic imaging
  • Intercostal Muscles / pathology*
  • Intercostal Muscles / surgery
  • Male
  • Muscle Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Muscle Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Thoracic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Thoracic Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted*
  • Thoracic Wall / diagnostic imaging
  • Thoracic Wall / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Contrast Media