ABSTRACT
Two patients underwent bronchoscopic laser photoresection of tumors in the tracheobronchial tree with no mortality or significant morbidity. One patient had an adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea and the other a pleomorphic adenoma of left main stem bronchus. These were the first two cases performerd in Puerto Rico at San Pablo Medical Center. Both patients are symptomless at this time. We can conclude that laser is a safe and cost effective altenative in experienced hands to other procedures in properly selected patients with tumors of tracheobronchial tree in Puerto Rico
Subject(s)
Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Aged , Bronchial Neoplasms/surgery , Bronchoscopy , Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic/surgery , Laser Therapy , Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal/surgery , Tracheal Neoplasms/surgery , Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic/radiotherapy , Combined Modality Therapy , Laser Therapy/methods , Puerto Rico , Tracheal Neoplasms/radiotherapyABSTRACT
El caso clínico de un fibroadenoma gigante unilateral del seno es una joven es presentado. En vista del pequeño número de casos de esta entidad reportados en la literatura médica mundial, y ya que este es el primer caso de esta entidad que se reporta en la literatura médica de Puerto Rico, consideramos que este artículo representa una meritoria contribución a la misma