Malignant Change in Bronchiectasis

Cureton, R. J. R.; Hill, Ian

doi:10.1136/thx.10.2.131

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“…It is uncertain whether the presence of tumour tissue within regional lymphatic nodes carries a sinister prognosis or is of a similar harmless nature to that occurring occasionally in lung tumorlets which may also spread rarely to regional lymph nodes (Cureton & Hill 1955). The presence of a cavernous angioma within a sclerosing lung haemangioma lends further support to the view that these lung tumours are probably hamartomatous in nature as it is now generally recognized that cavernous angiomas are themselves hamartomas.…”

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Sclerosing haemangiomas of the lung

Spencer

Nambu

1986

Histopathology

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A series of 29 pulmonary sclerosing haemangiomas is analysed. Included is one case with multiple tumours and another with metastatic growth in a hilar lymph node. Histochemical and electron microscopic studies show that type 2 pneumocytes are an important constituent cell type though bronchial structures, tumorlets and angiomas also occur within these tumours. They are considered to be pulmonary hamartomas formed from distal lung structures. They are of slow growth and have been confused in the past with pulmonary histiocytomas and plasma cell granulomas.

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Sclerosing haemangiomas of the lung

Spencer

Nambu

1986

Histopathology

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“…They are located in the vicinity of the bronchioles, with metastasis being an uncommon feature of pulmonary tumorlets. We are aware of only a few cases of pulmonary tumorlets with metastasis to peribronchial lymph nodes (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7).…”

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An Underrated Potential Risk of Bronchiectasis: Lymph Node Metastasis of a Pulmonary Tumorlet

Doğan

Kara²,

Gundogdu

et al. 2009

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

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Pulmonary tumorlets occur as the result of extensive scar caused by bronchiectasis or other inflammatory processes. They are minute lesions found in close association with the bronchioles and may rarely metastasize to lymph nodes. We present a 35-year-old male patient who underwent bilobectomy inferior with a diagnosis of bronchiectasis of 20 years duration. Histologic examination showed cystic bronchiectasis with areas of multiple neuro-endocrine tumor-lets in addition to metastatic peribronchial lymph nodes. We emphasize the significance of early surgical treatment of bronchiectasis showing little to no response to medical therapy as well as peribronchial lymph node dissection.

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