Glomangioma of the lung: a case report and review of the literature
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Glomangioma of the lung: a case report and review of the literature. / Gebauer, Florian; Quaas, Alexander; Izbicki, Jakob R; Vashist, Yogesh K.
In: J MED CASE REP, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2014, p. 5.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Glomangioma of the lung: a case report and review of the literature
AU - Gebauer, Florian
AU - Quaas, Alexander
AU - Izbicki, Jakob R
AU - Vashist, Yogesh K
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - INTRODUCTION: Glomangiomas are rare soft tissue tumors originating from the perivascular tissue. The most common localization is in the dermis of the extremities, with a few reports of respiratory tract involvement.CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 48-year-old Caucasian female patient with a glomangioma in her left lung. It was diagnosed incidentally as a coin lesion in a chest X-ray performed during preoperative work-up for a gastric Roux-en-Y bypass for alimentary obesity. A computed tomography scan of her chest revealed a lesion in her upper left lung lobe 31mm in diameter. After resection, a histopathological examination presented typical signs of a glomangioma, originating from the pulmonary parenchyma.CONCLUSION: Glomangiomas of the lung are extremely rare. However, whenever incidental lesions in the lung parenchyma are found, glomangioma should be taken into diagnostic consideration. To the best of our knowledge, signs of malignancy have not previously been reported in the literature. In fact, this tumor entity shows benign behavior, with a low potential for recurrence after complete resection.
AB - INTRODUCTION: Glomangiomas are rare soft tissue tumors originating from the perivascular tissue. The most common localization is in the dermis of the extremities, with a few reports of respiratory tract involvement.CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 48-year-old Caucasian female patient with a glomangioma in her left lung. It was diagnosed incidentally as a coin lesion in a chest X-ray performed during preoperative work-up for a gastric Roux-en-Y bypass for alimentary obesity. A computed tomography scan of her chest revealed a lesion in her upper left lung lobe 31mm in diameter. After resection, a histopathological examination presented typical signs of a glomangioma, originating from the pulmonary parenchyma.CONCLUSION: Glomangiomas of the lung are extremely rare. However, whenever incidental lesions in the lung parenchyma are found, glomangioma should be taken into diagnostic consideration. To the best of our knowledge, signs of malignancy have not previously been reported in the literature. In fact, this tumor entity shows benign behavior, with a low potential for recurrence after complete resection.
U2 - 10.1186/1752-1947-8-5
DO - 10.1186/1752-1947-8-5
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 24386948
VL - 8
SP - 5
JO - J MED CASE REP
JF - J MED CASE REP
SN - 1752-1947
IS - 1
ER -