title: Leiomyoma of an accessory tracheal bronchus.
abstract: We present a rare case of leiomyoma arising in an accessory right bronchus in a 55-year-old man who had been treated for bronchial asthma. Diagnosis was established on the results of bronchoscopic biopsy. An emergency operation was performed because the patient had begun to complain of severe dyspnea. The tumor was completely removed by electrocautery with a wire snare by rigid bronchoscopy. Postoperative bronchoscopic findings revealed a tracheal bronchus arising above the carina, and the root of the tumor existed in the orifice of the branch. Final histology revealed a leiomyoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan. m-tamura@sf.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masaya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurumaya
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohta
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities