A Case of Primary Endobronchial Leiomyoma.

Lee, Hee Kyung; Lee, Jae Hyung; Kim, Sang Heon; Kim, Tae Hyung; Sohn, Jang Won; Yoon, Ho Joo; Shin, Dong Ho; Park, Sung Soo; Min, Kyueng Whan; Paik, Seung Sam; Kang, Jung Ho

doi:2006.61.3.273

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 61(3); 2006 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2006;61(3):273-278.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2006.61.3.273 Published online September 1, 2006.

A Case of Primary Endobronchial Leiomyoma.

Hee Kyung Lee, Jae Hyung Lee, Sang Heon Kim, Tae Hyung Kim, Jang Won Sohn, Ho Joo Yoon, Dong Ho Shin, Sung Soo Park, Kyueng Whan Min, Seung Sam Paik, Jung Ho Kang

¹Division of Pulmonology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. parkss@hanyang.ac.kr
³Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
⁴Department of Thoracic Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Endobronchial leiomyoma is a rare tumor that accounts for less than 2% of pulmonary benign tumors. A 32 year-old woman was admitted with fever, cough and sputum for a month. She had suffered from intermittent cough over three years. The chest X-ray and chest CT(computed tomography) showed a nodular lesion obstructing the proximal portion of the left lower lobar bronchus and atelectasis of the left lower lobe. Flexible Bronchoscopy detected a mass obstructing the distal portion of the left main bronchus and endobronchial biopsy showed benign smooth muscle cells. There was no abnormal finding in the uterine examination. Therefore this case was diagnosed as primary endobronchial leiomyoma. The lobectomy was performed due to intractable pneumonia and secondary parenchymal destruction. Postoperative course was uneventful and she was discharged in good health.

Key Words: Primary leiomyoma, Endobronchial, Lung