Clinicopathological characteristics of costal hemangiomas: a case report and literature review. Issue 2 (February 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Woo, Chang Gok; Lee, Ho-Chang; Son, Seung-Myoung; Hong, Jong-Myeon; Lee, Ok-Jun
• Is Part Of: Journal of international medical research. Volume 47:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 982
• Page End: 985
• Publication Date: 2019-02
• Subjects: Rib -- bone -- hemangioma -- benign -- neoplasm -- osteolysis -- maximum standardized uptake value; Medicine -- Periodicals; Pharmacology -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1177/0300060518809589
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0300-0605

Abstract

Bone hemangioma accounts for approximately 1% of all bone neoplasms and commonly occurs in the vertebral body and skull. However, costal hemangiomas are extremely rare. We herein present a case involving a 52-year-old woman with a hemangioma in the third rib and review 29 cases of rib hemangiomas available in the literature. Rib hemangioma mainly affects women in their 50s and has expansile osteolytic features in radiographs and a weak maximum standardized uptake value in 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography images. When these findings are displayed, clinicians should include rib hemangioma as a differential diagnosis and consider avoidance of preoperative biopsy because of the risk of life-threatening bleeding.