[A case of bronchial glomus tumor].
A 67-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of a cough and hemoptysis. Chest CT and bronchoscopy demonstrated a polypoid tumor in the truncus intermedius. The pathological diagnosis of the biopsy specimens was glomus tumor, which is an extremely rare tumor of the respiratory tract. We performed a successful bronchoscopic removal of the tumor using a high-frequency-wave snare and microwave coagulation. After one year of follow-up, there was no recurrence. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the 24th report of a tracheobronchial glomus tumor.
Inaba
Megumi
M
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kumamoto Chuo Hospital.
Ushijima
Sunao
S
Hirata
Naomi
N
Saisyoji
Tetsushi
T
Kitaoka
Mitsuhiko
M
Yoshinaga
Takeshi
T
D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male