title: Primary endobronchial leiomyoma: a case report.
abstract: Pulmonary leiomyoma is a rare benign tumor. It has been usually described as a single case. The aim of this paper is to present a case of endobronchial leiomyoma. A 43 year-old nonsmoker female presented to our center with complaint of cough and sputum production for two years. Her chest roentgenogram showed consolidation on lower zone of right lung. Computed tomography of thorax demonstrated a mass lesion partially obstructing lateral segment bronchus of right middle lobe and consolidation on right lower lung field. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy detected mass obstructing lateral segment bronchus of right middle lobe. The biopsy specimen obtained by fiberbronchoscopy revealed the diagnosis of endobronchial leiomyoma. There was no pathologic finding in uterine examination. Bilobectomy inferior was performed. The patient was healthy six months later.
authors.affiliation: SSK Süreyyapaşa Center for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Pulmonology Department, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevinç
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bilgin
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Okur
authors.forename: Sevim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Düzgün
authors.forename: Canan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tahaoğlu
authors.forename: Esen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akkaya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed