Bronchial glomus tumor with right upper lobe atelectasis.
Glomus tumors are uncommon benign soft tissue neoplasms. We report the case of a 32-year-old male who presented with right upper lobe atelectasis due to an endobronchial tumor. The patient underwent right upper lobectomy and wedge bronchoplasty. The pathological diagnosis was bronchial glomus tumor. To our knowledge, this presentation (with right upper lobe atelectasis) has never before been reported. Glomus tumor should be considered in the differential diagnosis of endobronchial lesions causing lobar atelectasis.
Azevedo-Pereira
Artur Eugênio de
AE
Departamento de Cirurgia Torácica Geral, Hospital Santa Marcelina, São Paulo, Brasil. artur.de.azevedo@hotmail.com
Rigueiro
Moacyr Pezati
MP
Abrão
Fernando Conrado
FC
D000328:Adult; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000209:etiology*