Bronchial Schwannoma Incidentally Discovered via Bronchoscopy: A Case Report

Bronchial schwannomas are rare tumors that arise from Schwann cells and account for a very small percentage of primary lung tumors. This case report describes a rare incidental finding of a bronchial schwannoma discovered in the left lower lobe secondary carina via bronchoscopy in a 71-year-old fema...

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Autores principales: Burton, Kyle A, Karulf, Matthew, Pahn, Brian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10204352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37223163
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38011
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description Bronchial schwannomas are rare tumors that arise from Schwann cells and account for a very small percentage of primary lung tumors. This case report describes a rare incidental finding of a bronchial schwannoma discovered in the left lower lobe secondary carina via bronchoscopy in a 71-year-old female who presented with minimal symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-102043522023-05-23 Bronchial Schwannoma Incidentally Discovered via Bronchoscopy: A Case Report Burton, Kyle A Karulf, Matthew Pahn, Brian Cureus Internal Medicine Bronchial schwannomas are rare tumors that arise from Schwann cells and account for a very small percentage of primary lung tumors. This case report describes a rare incidental finding of a bronchial schwannoma discovered in the left lower lobe secondary carina via bronchoscopy in a 71-year-old female who presented with minimal symptoms. Cureus 2023-04-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10204352/ /pubmed/37223163 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38011 Text en Copyright © 2023, Burton et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Bronchial Schwannoma Incidentally Discovered via Bronchoscopy: A Case Report
title Bronchial Schwannoma Incidentally Discovered via Bronchoscopy: A Case Report
title_full Bronchial Schwannoma Incidentally Discovered via Bronchoscopy: A Case Report
title_fullStr Bronchial Schwannoma Incidentally Discovered via Bronchoscopy: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Bronchial Schwannoma Incidentally Discovered via Bronchoscopy: A Case Report
title_short Bronchial Schwannoma Incidentally Discovered via Bronchoscopy: A Case Report
title_sort bronchial schwannoma incidentally discovered via bronchoscopy: a case report
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10204352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37223163
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