Endobronchial hamartoma treated by laser resection.

ABSTRACT

A 42 years old male was transferred to the hospital for the treatment of endobronchial mass. He had a history of cough with initial hemoptysis. The endoscopic finding showed endobronchial mass totally occluded left upper lobe bronchus. The initial biopsy revealed chronic inflammation. The patient was scheduled for bronchoscopic laser photoresection and the mass was removed with the stump left at superior segment of lingular lobe. Endobronchial hamartoma was diagnosis from pathological section. The case is reported and the review of endobronchial hamartoma is presented.