title: Airway leiomyoma: imaging findings and histopathologic comparisons in 13 patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of our study was to review retrospectively the imaging findings on tracheobronchial leiomyoma and to compare them with the pathologic findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Leiomyoma of the respiratory tract is located in the bronchi in two thirds of patients and in the trachea in one third. The tumor most commonly manifests on CT scans as a homogeneously enhancing airway tumor with intraluminal growth. In approximately 15% of patients, the tumor has an iceberg appearance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50, Ilwon-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
authors.forename: Yoon Kyung
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hojoong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyung Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Joungho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Chin A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Jhingook
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myung Jin
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007479:Iopamidol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; C057937:iomeprol; D007479:Iopamidol