Endobronchial schwannoma with massive hemoptysis

Endobronchial schwannoma with massive hemoptysis

A 56-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of massive hemoptysis. Bronchoscopy revealed a tumor obstructed the orifice of the right lower lobe bronchus. The diagnosis of endobronchial schwannoma was made by broncho-fibroscopic biopsy. Schwannomas are benign tumors which originat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Tüberküloz ve toraks 2009, Vol.57 (1), p.89-92
Hauptverfasser: Onal, Mine, Ernam, Dilek, Atikcan, Sükran, Memiş, Leyla
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bronchial Neoplasms - complications
Bronchial Neoplasms - diagnosis
Bronchoscopy
Hemoptysis - diagnosis
Hemoptysis - etiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neurilemmoma - complications
Neurilemmoma - diagnosis
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Zusammenfassung:A 56-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of massive hemoptysis. Bronchoscopy revealed a tumor obstructed the orifice of the right lower lobe bronchus. The diagnosis of endobronchial schwannoma was made by broncho-fibroscopic biopsy. Schwannomas are benign tumors which originate from schwann cells. They rarely occur in the trachea or bronchus. On the other hand symptoms in pulmonary schwannoma are usually mild. Massive hemoptysis is extremely rare. We report a case of endobronchial schwannoma complicated by massive hemoptysis.
ISSN:0494-1373