Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis in an asymptomatic elderly patient

Thoracic hemangiomatosis is an extremely rare condition of the thorax of un known origin: thin-walled capillary blood vessels infiltrate the lung paren chyma, blood vessels, interlobular septa, bronchiolar walls and pleura.(1) The infiltration of pulmonary veins and venules induces secondary pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and pulmonary hypertension with a slowly progressiv e clinical course. This condition can be associated with vascular dementia and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).(2).