Female infant, aged 1 month, was admitted for dyspnea and fever. Clinical Examination Physical exam revealed the presence of a small tuberous angioma skin of the chest wall. Radiography of the chest showed a poorly systematized pneumonia in the left lung. The outcome was negative after antibiotic treatment with worsening dyspnea. A chest CT was performed to rule out pulmonary sequestration, the large parenchymal condensation left lower lobe enhanced intensely. Diagnosis & Treatment The diagnosis was another location before pulmonary hemangiomatosis angiomatous skin location of the chest wall.
The patient was operated. She had a left thoracotomy and intraoperative exploration showed a large hyper-vascularized mass unventilated. The pathological diagnosis was that of pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis. The postoperative course was unfavorable and the patient had died. Discussion…
