title: Endobronchial schwannoma with massive hemoptysis.
abstract: A 56-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of massive hemoptysis. Bronchoscopy revealed a tumor obstructed the orifice of the right lower lobe bronchus. The diagnosis of endobronchial schwannoma was made by broncho-fibroscopic biopsy. Schwannomas are benign tumors which originate from schwann cells. They rarely occur in the trachea or bronchus. On the other hand symptoms in pulmonary schwannoma are usually mild. Massive hemoptysis is extremely rare. We report a case of endobronchial schwannoma complicated by massive hemoptysis.
authors.affiliation: Clinics of Chest Disease, Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Center, Ankara, Turkey. ebruminedr@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onal
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ernam
authors.forename: Sükran
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atikcan
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Memiş
mesh_terms: D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis