Therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy for endobronchial glomus tumors: a case series
Abstract Background Glomus tumors (GTs) are rare, comprising only 2% of all soft tissue tumors. Pulmonary GTs are exceptionally rare, with fewer than 80 cases reported to date. Little is known about the therapeutic outcomes of rigid bronchoscopy for endobronchial GT. Methods This is a case series of...
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| description | Abstract Background Glomus tumors (GTs) are rare, comprising only 2% of all soft tissue tumors. Pulmonary GTs are exceptionally rare, with fewer than 80 cases reported to date. Little is known about the therapeutic outcomes of rigid bronchoscopy for endobronchial GT. Methods This is a case series of four patients with endobronchial GT who underwent therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy between February 2021 and June 2024. Results The ages of the patients in our series ranged from 32 to 75 years, and all patients were male. Cough and blood-tinged sputum were present in all patients with endobronchial GT. The tumor sizes ranged from 1 to 3 cm. Complete endoscopic resection and laser cauterization via rigid bronchoscopy were achieved in two patients. One patient had incomplete resection of a 3-cm tumor in the segmental bronchus that showed radiological evidence of bronchial wall invasion. This patient subsequently underwent lobectomy seven months after bronchoscopic resection. The fourth patient was lost to follow-up. There was no mortality throughout the follow-up periods that ranged from 2.8 to 42.5 months. Factors favoring successful rigid bronchoscopy resection for endobronchial GT include a benign tumor in the central airways without bronchial wall invasion. Conclusion Endoscopic resection and laser cauterization using rigid bronchoscopy may be a viable option for patients with endobronchial GT when surgery is not practical. Clinical trial number Not applicable. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dee341314e4c48379e46e1df991447352025-01-26T12:13:06ZengBMCBMC Pulmonary Medicine1471-24662025-01-012511610.1186/s12890-024-03466-zTherapeutic rigid bronchoscopy for endobronchial glomus tumors: a case seriesRong Lih Ho0Byeong-Ho Jeong1Joungho Han2Hojoong Kim3Department of Respiratory, Queen Elizabeth HospitalDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of MedicineDepartment of Pathology and Translational Genomics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of MedicineDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of MedicineAbstract Background Glomus tumors (GTs) are rare, comprising only 2% of all soft tissue tumors. Pulmonary GTs are exceptionally rare, with fewer than 80 cases reported to date. Little is known about the therapeutic outcomes of rigid bronchoscopy for endobronchial GT. Methods This is a case series of four patients with endobronchial GT who underwent therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy between February 2021 and June 2024. Results The ages of the patients in our series ranged from 32 to 75 years, and all patients were male. Cough and blood-tinged sputum were present in all patients with endobronchial GT. The tumor sizes ranged from 1 to 3 cm. Complete endoscopic resection and laser cauterization via rigid bronchoscopy were achieved in two patients. One patient had incomplete resection of a 3-cm tumor in the segmental bronchus that showed radiological evidence of bronchial wall invasion. This patient subsequently underwent lobectomy seven months after bronchoscopic resection. The fourth patient was lost to follow-up. There was no mortality throughout the follow-up periods that ranged from 2.8 to 42.5 months. Factors favoring successful rigid bronchoscopy resection for endobronchial GT include a benign tumor in the central airways without bronchial wall invasion. Conclusion Endoscopic resection and laser cauterization using rigid bronchoscopy may be a viable option for patients with endobronchial GT when surgery is not practical. Clinical trial number Not applicable.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-024-03466-zEndobronchial glomus tumorRigid bronchoscopyEndoscopic resectionLaser cauterization |
| spellingShingle | Rong Lih Ho Byeong-Ho Jeong Joungho Han Hojoong Kim Therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy for endobronchial glomus tumors: a case series BMC Pulmonary Medicine Endobronchial glomus tumor Rigid bronchoscopy Endoscopic resection Laser cauterization |
| title | Therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy for endobronchial glomus tumors: a case series |
| title_full | Therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy for endobronchial glomus tumors: a case series |
| title_fullStr | Therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy for endobronchial glomus tumors: a case series |
| title_full_unstemmed | Therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy for endobronchial glomus tumors: a case series |
| title_short | Therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy for endobronchial glomus tumors: a case series |
| title_sort | therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy for endobronchial glomus tumors a case series |
| topic | Endobronchial glomus tumor Rigid bronchoscopy Endoscopic resection Laser cauterization |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-024-03466-z |
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