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Sclerosing Hemangioma of the Lung Mimicking Pulmonary Metastasis

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Sclerosing hemangioma (SH) of the lung is a rare, benign neoplasm, initially thought to be of vascular origin, but immunohistochemical results suggest an origin from primitive respiratory epithelium. We report a case of SH initially misdiagnosed as malignant due to the strong FDG-PET uptake.

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De Luca, G., Martucci, N., Setola, S. et al. Sclerosing Hemangioma of the Lung Mimicking Pulmonary Metastasis. Lung 193, 447–448 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-015-9711-0

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