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. 2010 Jul;27(3):170-2.
doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.68329.

Laser resection of endobronchial hamartoma via fiberoptic bronchoscopy

Satya Prakash Rai  1 , Ashok Police Patil, Puneet Saxena, Amulyajit Kaur
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Laser resection of endobronchial hamartoma via fiberoptic bronchoscopy

Satya Prakash Rai et al. Lung India. 2010 Jul.

Abstract

Endobronchial hamartoma is a rare benign tumor of lung that may present with symptoms of airway obstruction with wheezing, stridor, recurrent pneumonia or atelectasis. We report a case of a patient with endobronchial hamartoma, recurrent pneumonia, who presented to us with sputum smear and culture positive pulmonary tuberculosis. He was treated with antitubercular treatment and endobronchial hamartoma was resected completely by diode laser through fiberoptic bronchoscope.

Keywords: Diode laser; endobronchial hamartoma; fiberoptic bronchoscope; laser resection.

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Figure 1
CT scan of chest showing endobronchial mass obstructing left main bronchus and collapse consolidation of left lung
Figure 2
Figure 2
Histopathology of bronchial biopsy showing variably sized disorganized lobules of hyaline cartilage with an admixture of mature benign adipose tissue and a few fine blood vessels (H and E, ×200)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Bronchoscopic appearance of the endobronchial mass being resected with diode laser
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Figure 4
Bronchoscopic appearance of the left main bronchus after laser procedure showing patent segmental bronchi and stalk of the resected mass
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