title: Endobronchial glomus tumor.
abstract: We report a case of a 52-year-old patient who had undergone a bladder resection and an ileal conduit for a transitional cell carcinoma. He then presented with a short history of hemoptysis 3 months later. Rigid bronchoscopy was performed revealing an endobronchial lesion, which was removed via laser and debulking method without complications. Histopathologic examination confirmed it to be a benign endobronchial glomus tumor. On the basis of our literature search, this is the 34th reported case of glomus tumor arising from the respiratory tract, seventh reported case of an endobronchial glomus tumor treated bronchoscopically, and the first possibly coincidental finding in relation to a patient with primary transitional bladder cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory, Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital 1, Ministry of Health, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Muhammad R S
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Rashid Ali
authors.forename: Kunji K S
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kannan
mesh_terms: D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery