Dantis, Klein and Kashyap, Yashwant and Raju, Aghosh and Bhardwaj, Swastik (2021) Intercostal Muscle Cavernous Haemangioma: A Chest Wall Pandora’s Box. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 8 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594
|
Text
2248-Article Text-19890-1-10-20210125.pdf - Published Version Download (631kB) | Preview |
Abstract
Background: Haemangiomas are uncommon chest wall tumours arising outside the rib cage. Their occurrence in intercostal muscle is extremely rare.Aim: We describe a case of intercostal muscle cavernous haemangioma as a differential diagnosis for chest wall swelling.Case description: We describe an 18-year-old male patient with an asymptomatic left-sided chest wall swelling. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a well-defined homogenously non-enhancing mass lesion arising from the seventh intercostal muscle with differential diagnoses of various chest wall tumours. Clinical presentation and imaging findings were inconclusive, but histopathological examination following excision biopsy revealed a cavernous haemangioma. The present case emphasizes the importance of histopathological diagnosis when clinical and radiological examination is inconclusive. Hence, it is necessary to consider intercostal muscle haemangiomas as a differential diagnosis for chest wall tumours in the absence of a feeding vessel. Conclusion: Despite its rare occurrence, intercostal muscle haemangioma must be considered as a differential diagnosis in chest wall tumours even in the absence of a feeding vessel. We believe that histopathology can provide a definitive diagnosis when most investigative procedures are inconclusive.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cavernous haemangioma, chest wall tumour, histopathology, surgery |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Dec 2021 15:02 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Dec 2021 15:02 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21159 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
