Sclerosing hemangioma of the lung: a case report

The authors present a case of sclerosing hemangioma, a rare benign neoplasm of the lung. The patient presented coughing, blood-tinded spuntum and thoracic pain; chest x-ray showed an irregular shadow close to right hilum. A right superior lobectomy was performed. Immunohistochemical and electronic microscopy studies of the lesion supported its origin from respiratory epithelium.