Endobronchial hamartoma resected by rigid bronchoscope

Ortiz-Saracho, Juan; Picher, J; Garcia-Rull, S; Sd, Reboiras; Pérez, I.

doi:10.1016/1010-7940(93)90012-z

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“…Reports on the bronchoscopic removal of benign bronchial tumors have recently been increasing9-11). A large series of reports was done by Shah et al in 19952).…”

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ThE Role of Endoscopic Surgery for Completely Obstructive Endobronchial Benign Tumor

Choi

Ryu

et al. 2006

Korean J Intern Med

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BackgroundThe improving techniques of therapeutic bronchoscopy have been replacing conventional surgery for resecting endobronchial benign tumor. However, there could be some limitation for performing bronchoscopic intervention for the patients with complete bronchial obstruction. To evaluate the role of endoscopic surgery for completely obstructive endobronchial benign tumor, we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 7 patients who underwent bronchoscopic resection due to completely obstructive benign tumor.MethodsRigid bronchoscopy was performed under general anesthesia. After the stalk of tumor was identified with using a 1 mm biopsy forceps as a probe, a Nd-YAG laser was used to coagulate the stalk of tumor. The tumor was then removed.ResultsBronchoscopic resection was successful in 6 out of 7 patients. The histological diagnoses were 3 leiomyomas, 3 harmatomas and 1 lipoma. There was no mortality in our study. Pneumomediastinum developed in 1 patient, and this patient was treated with 3 days of oxygen therapy. In 5 out of the 6 successful patients, there was no recurrence for a median of 35 months. In 1 patient, leiomyoma recurred after 17 months, and this was treated by pneumonectomy.ConclusionsEndoscopic surgery could be applied to the patients with completely obstructive endobronchial benign tumor.

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“…Reports on the bronchoscopic removal of benign bronchial tumors have recently been increasing9-11). A large series of reports was done by Shah et al in 19952).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

ThE Role of Endoscopic Surgery for Completely Obstructive Endobronchial Benign Tumor

Choi

Ryu

et al. 2006

Korean J Intern Med

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“…Endoscopic resection of mass by laser has been described earlier. [3–47] It can be performed with a rigid or flexible bronchoscope. If the lung has been collapsed for more than four to six weeks, chances of expansion of lung after removal of obstruction are less.…”

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“…[3–4] Endobronchial laser resection has an important role, especially in patients who refuse surgery or who are not surgical candidates. Only lasers with wavelengths that can be delivered through an optical fiber are suitable for laser bronchoscopy.…”

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Laser resection of endobronchial hamartoma via fiberoptic bronchoscopy

Rai¹,

Patil²,

Saxena³

et al. 2010

Lung India

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Endobronchial hamartoma is a rare benign tumor of lung that may present with symptoms of airway obstruction with wheezing, stridor, recurrent pneumonia or atelectasis. We report a case of a patient with endobronchial hamartoma, recurrent pneumonia, who presented to us with sputum smear and culture positive pulmonary tuberculosis. He was treated with antitubercular treatment and endobronchial hamartoma was resected completely by diode laser through fiberoptic bronchoscope.

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“…For tracheobronchial leiomyomas, surgical intervention has been used in most patients (78%) and includes pneumonectomy, lobectomy and segmentectomy; in a limited number of patients (14%), surgery without lung resection has been performed 8 . More recently, bronchoscopic intervention has become an increasingly important tool for the treatment of benign tracheobronchial tumours 5,10,11 . Many different techniques are used to treat benign tracheobronchial tumours such as the Nd‐YAG laser, electrosurgery, cryotherapy or use of a snare.…”

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confidence: 99%