A Case of Granular Cell Tumor of the Trachea

A 20-year-old man presented to our outpatient clinic with hemoptysis, cough, and pleuritic chest pain. His chest radiograph and pulmonary function tests (PFT) were normal. A bronchoscopy showed a small yellowish patch with a regular surface. A direct bronchoscopic biopsy was performed. The pathologi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Joung, Mi-Kyong, Lee, Yu Jin, Chung, Chae-Uk, Lee, Jeong Eun, Jung, Sung Soo, Kim, Sun Young, Kim, Ju Ock
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17616025
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2007.22.2.101
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Sumario:A 20-year-old man presented to our outpatient clinic with hemoptysis, cough, and pleuritic chest pain. His chest radiograph and pulmonary function tests (PFT) were normal. A bronchoscopy showed a small yellowish patch with a regular surface. A direct bronchoscopic biopsy was performed. The pathologic findings showed a benign granular cell tumor. The respiratory symptoms resolved after biopsying the tumor. On follow.up, there were no signs of recurrence of the granular cell tumor after a period of 24 months.

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