Airway leiomyoma: imaging findings and histopathologic comparisons in 13 patients.
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.
Kim
Yoon Kyung
YK
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.
Kim
Hojoong
H
Lee
Kyung Soo
KS
Han
Joungho
J
Yi
Chin A
CA
Kim
Jhingook
J
Chung
Myung Jin
MJ
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
D003287:Contrast Media; C057937:iomeprol; D007479:Iopamidol