[Endobronchial osteochondroma--report of a case].
Endobronchial osteochondroma, a rare neoplasm of the tracheobronchial tree, was treated successfully by surgery in our hospital. A 70-year-old male was admitted with obstructive pneumonia. Bronchoscopy showed an intrabronchial tumor almost completely occluding the orifice of the right B(8+9+10). Biopsy of the tumor did not lead to a specific diagnosis. Right lower lobectomy was performed. The tumor was 1.5 x 1.0 x 1.4 cm in size. The histological diagnosis was osteochondroma. The postoperative course was uneventful, and he is in good condition 19 months after surgery.
Misaki
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Japan.
Watanabe
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Sasaka
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Hitomi
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D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology