title: Bronchial glomus tumor mimicking a COPD exacerbation.
abstract: We report the case of a glomus tumor originating in the left main bronchus diagnosed in a 79 year old Caucasian man. A glomus tumor is an extremely rare neoplasm in the bronchi with nonspecific clinical features. Bronchoscopy allows the diagnosis through biopsy and subsequent histopathological examination of the tissue and in selected cases may represent a valid alternative to surgery permitting a radical tumor excision.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Sperimentale, Sezione di Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, University of Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ravenna
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saturni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casalini
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Pilato
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pasquini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caramori
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D015897:Comorbidity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology