Laparoscopic resection of a rare diaphragmatic haemangioma: a case report

Abstract

This case report describes the laparoscopic resection of a rare diaphragmatic haemangioma. A 45-year-old male patient was diagnosed incidentally with a left subphrenic mass by computed tomography. Laparoscopic left subphrenic mass excision was performed under general anaesthesia. A phrenic haemangioma was confirmed by postoperative pathology. Tumours originating in the diaphragm are rare, with only approximately 200 cases reported in the past century. The diaphragmatic tumour was determined to be primary because intraoperative imaging showed that the tumour was relatively isolated and had no obvious relationship with the surrounding tissues and organs.

Keywords: Laparoscopic resection; diaphragmatic haemangioma.

Figure 1.

Computed tomography images of a haemangioma of the diaphragm found in a 45-year-old male patient that was admitted to hospital after the incidental identification of a left subdiaphragmatic mass during a preoperative chest computed tomography examination. The arrows show the haemangioma.

Figure 2.

Gross images and photomicrographs of a haemangioma of the diaphragm removed from a 45-year-old male patient that presented with a left subdiaphragmatic mass that was identified during a preoperative chest computed tomography examination: (a) intraoperative view; (b) a cross-sectional view of the resected haemangioma; (c and d) pathology of the resected haemangioma (haematoxylin & eosin; scale bar 50 µm). The colour version of this figure is available at: http://imr.sagepub.com.