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Thoracoscopic Extended Right Middle Plus Lower Sleeve Lobectomy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Published on: February 27, 2026
Video-assisted lobectomy for endobronchial leiomyoma
Waldemar Bartosik1, Stephen Crowther, Maciej Narski
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland. w_bartosik@o2.pl
Abstract:
Endobronchial leiomyomas are rare tumours arising from the smooth muscle on the bronchial tree. We describe a patient with a six-month history of chest infections, who was treated surgically with a video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy. The pathology revealed an endobronchial leiomyoma that coexisted with postobstructive pulmonary non-necrotising granulomas.
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