Mariem Hamdi, Emna Braham, Sabrine Louhaichi, Besma Hamdi, Mahdi Abdennadher, Jamel Ammar, Faouzi El Mezni, Adel Marghli, Agnès Hamzaoui
Spindle cell hemangioma (SCH) is a benign vascular tumour, first identified by Weiss and Enzinger in 1986. Habitually, the SCH affects almost exclusively the dermis and subcutaneous tissues of distal extremities. So far, only 2 cases have been described in the lung. We describe herein the third case of SCH occurring in the lung in a 47 year-old woman. The patient was successfully treated by right lower lobectomy. The histopathological and immunohistochemistry examination of the excised tumour leads to the definitive diagnosis...
November 2022: Respirology Case Reports