[A case report on progressive hematomatous organizing empyema accompanied with intrathoracic hemangioma]

The patient, a 63-year-old woman, who had undergone extra-pleural plombage due to tuberculosis in 1961, was regularly treated for chronic empyema at our outpatient clinic since 1988. The patient who complained of difficulty in breathing because of a recent increase in empyema was admitted to our facility. On a test puncture, pure blood was aspirated without limitation, suggesting the presence of hematoma. On August 5, 1991, pleural decortification, excision of the left upper lobe and thoracoplasty were performed. Perioperative findings included repletion of hematoma and sphacelus in the lumen of thick fibrous capsule, with partial subcutaneous fenestration. Pathologically, cavernous hemangiomas were observed dispersely under the capsule.