Hemangioma of the Rib

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 91; no. 2; pp. 595 - 596
• Main Authors: Abrão, Fernando Conrado, MD, Tamagno, Mauro, MD, Canzian, Mauro, MD, Fernandez, Ângelo, MD, Bibas, Jacques, MD, Fernandes, Paulo Manuel Pêgo, MD, Jatene, Fabio Biscegli, MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.02.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Bone Neoplasms - diagnosis; Bone Neoplasms - pathology; Bone Neoplasms - surgery; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Female; Hemangioma - diagnosis; Hemangioma - pathology; Hemangioma - surgery; Humans; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pneumology; Ribs - surgery; Surgery; 5; Vascular disease; Angioma; Cardiovascular disease; Anesthesia; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Rib (bone)
• ISSN: 0003-4975; 1552-6259
• DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.07.091

An asymptomatic 48-year-old woman presented to our hospital with a tumor of the rib incidentally diagnosed on a chest roentgenogram. The patient was investigated and underwent tumor resection of the chest wall. The pathologic study revealed that it was cavernous hemangioma. This tumor of the bone is a distinctly uncommon benign vascular tumor, generally occurring in the spine or skull. Hemangiomas involving the rib are even more rare, with only 22 cases described in the literature. However, we suggest that this tumor of the rib should be considered in the differential diagnosis, principally in asymptomatic patients.