[Intrabronchial neurilemmoma: a case report].
A 62-year-old woman who was pointed out abnormal shadow at left middle lung field in chest X-ray was followed up as a hamartoma from 1989. In this period, the tumor was growing up in chest X-ray and occupying the left segmental bronchus (B3) in bronchofiberscopic study. It was suspected neurilemmoma by the final biopsy examination. Left upper lobectomy was performed and pathohistological diagnosis was typical neurilemmoma that consist of Antoni type A and Antoni type B. Intrapulmonary or intrabronchial neurilemmoma is rare and only 20 cases have been reported in the Japanese literature.
Kojima
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A
Department of 2nd Surgery, Yamanashi Medical College, Japan.
Yoshii
S
S
Kato
J
J
Hosaka
S
S
Hashimoto
R
R
Tada
Y
Y
Matsukawa
T
T
D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy