title: Foreign body granulomas in the left main bronchus resulting from the sutures for esophageal cancer surgery: the report of two cases.
abstract: In this report, we present two cases of bronchial foreign body granulomas caused by the suture ties used in bronchial surgery for esophageal cancer. Both of them was hospitalized as "tumor transfer or an invasion", but pathological examination of the neoplasms indicated an inflammatory granuloma showing reaction to the foreign body. These two cases give us an attention that the neoplasms in tracheal or bronchial was not only the invasion or transfer of the primary tumor, but also the possibility of granuloma development due to the surgical sutures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiang-Qi
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects*