Primary benign bronchial schwannoma presenting as asthma.
Recurrent wheezing in children is frequently due to asthma and responds to bronchodilator therapy. We report a case of a 13-year old boy with a 2-year history of presumed asthma not responding to bronchodilator therapy. Bronchoscopy revealed a right main bronchus tumor, which was diagnosed as bronchial schwannoma after resection by sleeve lobectomy. We review the literature on this tumor.
Cardio-Respiratory Directorate, Glenfield General Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom. moronke.noah@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Moronke A
MA
Noah
Mahul
M
Gorecha
Richard K
RK
Firmin
D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000503:physiopathology