Endobronchial Leiomyoma – When CT Demonstrates the Tumor: A Radio-Pathological Correlation

¹Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK

²Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal

³Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK

⁴Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

*Corresponding author: Diana Penha, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK, E-mail: [email protected]

Received Date: June 29, 2020
Publication Date: December 03, 2020
Copyright: Penha D, et al. ©2020
Citation: Penha D, et al. (2020). Endobronchial Leiomyoma – When CT Demonstrates the Tumor: A Radio-Pathological Correlation. Mathews J Case
Rep. (5)1:64.

ABSTRACT:

Endobronchial leiomyomas are rare benign tumors, accounting for less than 2% of all benign lung tumors. Known to arise from the smooth muscle of the tracheobronchial tree, leiomyomas occur in parenchymal, endotracheal, or endobronchial locations. Endobronchial lesions constitute about 33% of all pulmonary leiomyomas. Literature on primary endobronchial leiomyomas is extremely limited. Symptomatology depends on the degree of endoluminal bronchial obstruction.

We report a case of 71-year-old woman admitted to our hospital complaining of persistent non-productive cough. Computed tomography (CT) imaging revealed a rounded tumor arising in the right upper lobe bronchus which subsequently underwent bronchoscopy and tissue sampling for definitive treatment. We also describe the cytological characteristics of endobronchial pulmonary leiomyoma.