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Bronchial Thermoplasty: A Novel Therapeutic Approach to Severe Asthma
Published on: November 4, 2010
Complete removal of a bronchial granular cell tumor by bronchoplasty
Y Satoh1, S Okumura, K Nakagawa
1Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan. ysatoh@jfcr.or.jp
Abstract:
A rare case of bronchial granular cell tumor (GCT) arising in the right upper bronchus is presented here, which was completely resected by sleeve lobectomy. The 46-year-old female patient had a three-month history of severe dry coughing, and multimodality imaging revealed a 20 mm-sized GCT of the right upper bronchial orifice. Since endoscopic treatment appeared to be impossible, she underwent right upper sleeve lobectomy and the lesion could be completely removed.
