A case of bronchial glomus tumor
Iwao Shimomuraa Dai Hashimotoa Masayuki Shitarab Masayuki Tanahashib Hiroshi Niwab Hidenori Nakamuraa
aDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital
bDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Respiratory Disease Center, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital
A 73-year-old male presented with cough. A chest CT showed a mass in the left inferior lobar bronchus. A bronchoscopic examination demonstrated a polypoid white-colored tumor in the left lobar bronchus. A biopsy was performed, and it showed an accumulation of small rounded cells; we diagnosed glomus tumor immunohistochemically. Endoscopic high-frequency electrosurgical snaring and laser therapy were performed, but the tumor was unresectable. Furthermore, he received a left lower sleeve lobectomy, and the postoperative course is uneventful. We herein report this rare case and provide a review of the previous literature.
Received 4 Mar 2016 / Accepted 26 Aug 2016
AJRS, 6(1): 18-21, 2017