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KMID : 0602820090150020075
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Korean Journal of Bronchoesophagology
2009 Volume.15 No. 2 p.75 ~ p.80
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A Case of Primary Endobronchial Leiomyoma Diagnosed During Treatment of Pneumonia
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Kim Jin-Woo
Lee Sang-Haak
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Abstract
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A 44 year-old nonsmoker female presented to our hospital with persistent cough with sputum for three months. She had been diagnosed as pneumonia and treated with antibiotics in a local hospital but was transferred to our hospital because of no symptomatic improvement. We performed flexible bronchoscopy and found an ovoid and smooth surfaced mass obstructing the bronchus of right middle lobe. The biopsy specimen revealed a benign tumor composed of spindle cells without dysplasia consistent with leiomyoma. There was no evidence of leiomyoma in uterus. The right middle lobectomy and bronchoplasty were performed and the patient was healthy twelve months later. Primary endobronchial leiomyoma is a rare benign tumor of the lung. Herein we report a case of primary endobronchial leiomyoma diagnosed during treatment of pneumonia.
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KEYWORD
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Endobronchial tumor, Leiomyoma, Surgical resection
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