[A case of bronchial neurinoma].
Neurinoma of the bronchial tree is extremely rare. We report a case of bronchial neurinoma involving a 21-year-old woman. The patient was admitted due to an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray, with cough and sputum production. Chest CT and MRI showed that the tumor arose from the left lower bronchus and bronchofiberscopic examination revealed complete obstruction of the lower bronchus by a polypoid tumor. A left lower lobectomy was performed based on the histological diagnosis of benign neurinoma and the postoperative course was uneventful. The tumor was 7.0 x 6.0 x 5.0 cm in size and had grown endobronchially without penetrating the bronchial wall. Pathological diagnosis was Antoni A type benign neurinoma. Since malignant or metastasized tumors have been reported in cases of tracheobronchial or intrapulmonary neurinoma, complete surgical resection of bronchial neurinomas should be performed.
Yodonawa
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tsukuba University Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan.
Mitsui
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Akaogi
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Onizuka
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Ishikawa
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Noro
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M
D000328:Adult; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy