Author/Authors :
Sharifi, Nourieh Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad , Fattahi Massoum, Hossein Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad , Karimi Shahri, Mahdi Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad , Rezaei, Alireza Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad , Ansa Ashari, Amir Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad , Sharifian Attar, Alireza Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad , Amozeshi, Ahmad Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad
Abstract :
Bronchial leiomyoma is extremely rare. To date less than 60 cases have been reported in the world literature. The presented
case here is a 30 year old woman who had been treated for bronchial asthma for several years. Her chest radiograph
showed bulluos emphysematous changes in the right lung and computer tomography scan found the tumor in the
right main bronchus near carina. Diagnosis was made by histological and immunohistochemical examination of the
specimens obtained during bronchoscopy. The patient was treated by bonchoscopic resection of the 3 centimetre firm
tumor and its removal through a tracheostomy incision.
Keywords :
Leiomyoma , Bronchial Neoplasms , Bronchoscopy , Immunohistochemistry
