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A bronchial glomus tumor surgically treated with segmental resection

Second Department of Surgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iida-Nishi, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan

*Corresponding author: Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, 1696 Itai Kounan-machi, Ohsato-gun, Saitama 360-0105, Japan. Tel.: +81 48 536 9900; fax: +81 48 536 9920.

E-mail address: nobumasat{at}ybb.ne.jp (N. Takahashi).

Extracutaneous glomus tumors are unusual and their occurrence in bronchus has been recognized with rarity. We present the clinical and pathological features of a case with bronchial glomus tumor. A 67-year-old man was admitted with a symptom of cough, and his chest CT scan and fiberoptic bronchoscopy demonstrated a localized polypoid tumor in the right superior bronchial trunk. Histology of the biopsy specimen by bronchoscopy was demonstrated as a typical carcinoid tumor. The tumor was surgically resected by a segmental resection of the right superior bronchial trunk and end-to-end anastomosis was followed to reconstruct the airway tract through a standard right side thoracotomy approach. The pathological and immunohistochemical findings resulted in the diagnosis of the tumor as a bronchial glomus tumor.

Key Words: Glomus tumor; Bronchus; Resection; Carcinoid