Two Cases of Diagnosis and Removal of Endobronchial Hamartoma by Cryotherapy via Flexible Bronchoscopy / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 141-145, 2014.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-224800
ABSTRACT
Although endobronchial hamartoma is a rare benign tumor, most patients with endobronchial hamartoma have respiratory symptoms such as obstructive pneumonia, hemoptysis, cough, or dyspnea due to bronchial obstruction. It can cause irreversible post-obstructive pulmonary destruction, thus early diagnosis and treatment is very important. Recently, there have been cases of neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (NdYAG) laser and electrocautery procedures for bronchoscopic treatment of malignant or benign central airway obstruction with comparable therapeutic efficacy and few complications. Bronchoscopic cryotherapy is a newly developed technique for management of central airway obstruction. Moreover, it provides diagnostic methods with improving diagnostic yield and safety. We report two cases of endobronchial hamartoma, each diagnosed and definitively treated with bronchoscopic techniques. Endobronchial biopsy and removal was successfully performed by cryotherapy via flexible bronchoscopy without notable complications. Follow-up bronchoscopic examinations excluded residual or recurrent disease.
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Main subject:
Pneumonia
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Yttrium
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Biopsy
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Bronchial Neoplasms
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Bronchoscopy
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Follow-Up Studies
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Cryotherapy
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Cough
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Early Diagnosis
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Diagnosis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Screening study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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