ABSTRACT
A 41-year-old woman came to our clinics describing increased cough and shortness of breath. A chest roentgenogram revealed a loss of volume in her right lung. Computed tomography revealed a lesion at the level of the main carina, clogging the right main bronchus almost totally. The lesion underwent biopsy by use of flexible bronchoscopy. Histopathologic evaluation showed that the specimen was a hypertrophic seromucous salivary-type gland. Total excision of the mass was performed by bronchotomy through a right thoracotomy. We describe this case of a hypertrophic seromucous salivary gland in the tracheabronchial system.
Subject(s)
Bronchial Diseases/diagnosis , Bronchial Diseases/surgery , Choristoma/diagnosis , Choristoma/surgery , Salivary Glands , Adult , Airway Obstruction/diagnosis , Airway Obstruction/etiology , Biopsy, Needle , Bronchial Diseases/pathology , Bronchoscopy/methods , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Hypertrophy/diagnostic imaging , Hypertrophy/surgery , Immunohistochemistry , Radiography, Thoracic/methods , Rare Diseases , Risk Assessment , Thoracotomy/methods , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Primary germ cell tumors of the chest often localize in the anterior mediastinal compartment. Such tumors originating from lungs and pleura are rare. Chest tomography revealed a mass in the middle lobe of the right lung in a 25-year-old man. A middle lobe medial segmentectomy was performed, and chemotherapy was applied postoperatively.
