Tumor glômico endobrônquico com atelectasia de lobo superior direito

Abstract

physical examination revealed right-sided wheezing, and a chest X-ray showed right upper lobe atelectasis (Figure 1a). A chest CT scan revealed an endobronchial lesion occluding the right upper lobe bronchus (Figure 1b), with no mediastinal lymph node enlargement. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed an endobronchial tumor located in the right upper lobe bronchus. The tumor had a smooth, reddish surface and had obstructed the right upper lobe bronchus, without protruding into the right main bronchus. A biopsy provided inconclusive results. The patient underwent right thoracotomy with a presumed diagnosis of carcinoid tumor. Since the right upper lobe was atelectatic and fibrotic, we proceeded to a right upper lobectomy. The intraoperative histological examination demonstrated exiguous bronchial margins, and a wedge bronchoplasty was therefore performed.

Successful Resection of locally infiltrative Glomus Tumor without pulmonary resection

“…Glomus tumor arising from the bronchus is a very rare occurrence. Only ten cases thus far, including our case study, have been published in the English-language literature [3] , [4] , [5] . Here we report a rare case of glomus tumor arising from the left main bronchus.…”