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16133675

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-31
pubmed:abstractText
A 69-year-old woman was admitted with dyspnea on effort and left lung atelectasis on chest X-ray. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed a complete obstruction of the left main bronchus due to a polypoid lesion. This lesion was diagnosed to be a schwannoma arising from the left lower bronchus. Bronchoscopic treatments were performed with electrosurgical snaring and the intratumoral injection of 99.5% ethanol. These treatments were performed once per week for 4 weeks, then were followed with a one-time application of semiconductor laser cautery. These treatments opened the airway and restored the left lung expansion. However, a residual tumor remained at the bifurcation of the left basal bronchus and B6. A cautious follow-up was conducted because schwannoma is a potentially benign tumor. A follow-up bronchoscopic examination at 21 months revealed a regrowth of the residual tumor. A complete resection using a left S6 sleeve segmentectomy was thus performed. The pathologic diagnosis of the tumor was benign schwannoma. There were no complications and no evidence of disease recurrence has been observed after the surgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0941-1291
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
778-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-8-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
A strategy of sequential therapy with a bronchoscopic excision and thoracotomy for intra- and extrabronchial wall schwannoma: report of a case.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports