Glomus Tumor in a Segmental Bronchus: A Case Report |
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| Authors: | Eiji Nakajima Hidenobu Takashi Osamu Taira Kentarou Fukuda Kinya Furukawa Hiroshi Hirano Norihiko Ikeda |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Ami-machi, Ibaraki, Japan;Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan;Department of Surgery, Migita Hospital, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan;Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan;Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Glomus tumors originate from a neuroarterial structure called the glomus body, and grow mostly in soft tissue. It is rare for glomus tumors to develop in the respiratory system. The patient of the present case had an abnormal shadow in the right lung on chest X-ray, and computed tomography (CT) findings displayed a lung tumor in the right S6. Bronchoscopy was performed for the diagnosis of the lung tumor, and a polypoid bronchial tumor was unexpectedly found to occupy the right B3. The bronchial tumor was diagnosed as a glomus tumor, and the lung tumor was diagnosed as an adenocarcinoma. The bronchial glomus tumor was cauterized by argon plasma coagulation (APC). Three weeks after the cauterization by APC, the right lower lobectomy was performed for the treatment of the lung adenocarcinoma. The patient has remained disease free for 2 years. |
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| Keywords: | bronchial tumor glomus tumor argon plasma coagulation |
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