[Pulmonary schwannoma with hypervascularity; report of a case].
A 54-year-old female was admitted to our hospital with a mass shadow in the right pulmonary hilum. The chest computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a well-circumscribed mass in the lower lobe of the right lung. Bronchoscopic examination showed a submucosal tumor in the right basal bronchus which bled easily, and the angiogram showed a tumor with hypervascularity. The tumor was suspected to be a sclerosing hemangioma or malignant tumor. A right basal segmentectomy was performed, and the pathological diagnosis was that of schwannoma. During the 8 year follow-up period, she exhibited no evidence of recurrence.
Fujikawa
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yamagata Prefectual Nihonkai Hospital, Sakata, Japan.
Shiono
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Abiko
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Kanauchi
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Uchino
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Kim
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Shimanuki
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed