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Abstract
Case Report
A case of hamartoma in the left main bronchus in which respiratory failure was avoided by resection with a high-frequency electrosurgical snare
Takashi Kagoshimaa Yoshitaka Yamazakia Koji Sakaguchib Keishi Kuboc
aDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Nagano Prefectural Suzaka Hospital
bDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Nagano Prefectural Suzaka Hospital
cDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine
ABSTRACT
A 79-yaer-old man who for several years had been treated for pulmonary emphysema complained of wheezing and difficulty in breathing. A respiratory function test showed combined restrictive and obstructive abnormality. Chest CT on admission revealed a round tumor in the right main bronchus. On bronchoscopy, this bronchus was completely occluded by the tumor. Its diameter was 10 mm. The tumor was excised with an endoscopic high-frequency snare. The pathological diagnosis was a noncartilage endobronchial hamartoma. After excision, the wheezing and difficulty in breathing disappeared, and the respiratory function was almost normalized.
KEYWORDS
Endobronchial hamartoma High frequency snare Airway stenosis Bronchoscope
Received 18 Mar 2013 ／ Accepted 1 Jul 2013
AJRS, 2(6): 778-781, 2013
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