A case of bronchoplasty for endobronchial chondroid hamartoma
Hirata, Y.; Horita, K.; Ito, T.; Sueoka, N.; Yamada, H.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 45(11): 1001-1003
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 1434237 Document Number: 400859
A 62-year-old male was admitted to our hospital to investigate his obstructive pneumonia-like symptoms. A chest roentgenography, computed tomography revealed the tumor to be located in the left lower bronchus. Bronchoscopy showed endobronchial tumor at the level of the left lower lobe bronchus. Preoperative pathological confirmation was possible by transbronchial biopsy, pathological diagnosis of the tumor was endobronchial chondroid hamartoma. And then, bronchoplasty was performed. He was discharged from our hospital after operation, showing no evidence.