1.Primary Endobronchial Leiomyosarcoma: One case report.
Jong Seokg KIM ; Cheul PARK ; Sang Won WHANG ; Han Yong KIM ; Byung Ha RYU ; Kyung Woo KANG ; O Jun KWON ; Byung Heon KIM
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2003;36(2):105-108
Primary endobronchial leiomyosarcoma is extremely rare, which is uncommon of primary endobronchial tumors. We report a primary endobronchial leiomyosarcoma. A 19-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital ulcerative endobrochial tumor in the origin of left lower lobar bronchus and bronchoscopic biopsy showed a endobronchial leiomyoma. The patient underwent a left lower sleeve lobectomy and final pathologic diagnosis was primary endobronchial leiomyosarcoma. After 4 months, follow-up bronchoscopy reveled local recurrence of a endobronchial leiomyosarcoma on a left main bronchus. A left completion pneumonectomy was perfomed and he was discharged without complications.
Biopsy
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Bronchi
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Bronchoscopy
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Diagnosis
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Leiomyoma
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Leiomyosarcoma*
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Male
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Pneumonectomy
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Recurrence
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Ulcer
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Young Adult