Endobronchial Solitary Fibrous Tumor: Imaging and Bronchoscopic Findings

To the Editor:A 49-year-old man presented with a cough and short of breathing for 3 months' duration.He went to different hospitals and received treatment of antibiotics for pneumonia in the left low lobe.On physical examination,cyanosis of lips and auscultation of the chest showed the left-side bre...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chinese medical journal 2015-10, Vol.128 (19), p.2696-2696
Hauptverfasser: Liu, Li-Qiong, Wu, Xu-Wei, Li, Zhi-Dong, Liu, Yan-Hong, Xiao, Yi, Li, Yan-Li, Zhang, Li-Hui, Xing, Xi-Qian
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Zusammenfassung:To the Editor:A 49-year-old man presented with a cough and short of breathing for 3 months' duration.He went to different hospitals and received treatment of antibiotics for pneumonia in the left low lobe.On physical examination,cyanosis of lips and auscultation of the chest showed the left-side breath sounds decreased.Computed tomographic (CT) scan,coronal CT and imaging of virtual bronchoscopy of the chest demonstrated a round lesion in the left main bronchus and the left main bronchus was almost completely obstructed by the mass [Figure 1a].
ISSN:0366-6999
2542-5641
DOI:10.4103/0366-6999.166044