title: Use of microdebrider bronchoscopy for the treatment of endobronchial leiomyoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Pulmonary leiomyomas are rare benign tumors that may cause symptoms when they spread endobronchially. Traditionally they were managed surgically or through interventional bronchoscopy with the aid of thermal modalities to assist in debulking of tumor. We report the novel use of microdebrider bronchoscopy to debulk an endobronchial leiomyoma in a symptomatic patient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The microdebrider successfully débrided the endobronchial leiomyoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This modality can be successfully employed when oxygenation is an issue, preventing use of thermal modalities. In addition, use of microdebrider not only reduced procedure time but also decreased the risk of airway fire and damage to adjacent normal tissue in our patient.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Ali Saeed
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Wahla
authors.forename: Irtaza
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bellinger
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Haponik
authors.forename: John Frank
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Conforti
mesh_terms: D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged