Case Reports Surgical Pathology 2018 Exercise 6:Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma (Pneumocytoma) (CSSP1806)

Tracey Harbert, MD
Surgical Pathology Fellow

Marie Christine Aubry, MD
Professor of Laboratory Medicine

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Primary Audience: Pathologists and Clinical Scientists

Secondary Audience: Residents, Laboratory Technologist/Scientist (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants,  Laboratory Directors and Educators

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

• recognize the various clinical and radiographic presentations of pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma;
• identify the typical gross and microscopic features of pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma;
• apply immunohistochemistry efficiently to aid in the diagnosis of pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma for cases in which there is diagnostic uncertainty;
• distinguish pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma from other benign and malignant tumors in the differential diagnosis; and
• recognize the morphologic and immunohistochemical features of pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma that are consistent with its histogenesis.