Open AccessBronchoscopic resection of endobronchial inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: A case report and systematic review of the literature
Author(s) -
Ayush Goel,
Suri Jc,
Dipak Bhattacharya,
Ayush Gupta
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.129866
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchoscopy , resection , histopathological examination , presentation (obstetrics) , radiology , surgery , surgical resection , plasma cell granuloma , pathology , inflammatory pseudotumor , lesion
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour (IMT) is a rare tumour affecting the tracheo-bronchial tree in the adult population. The clinical presentation of this tumour is diverse and diagnosis can be definitively clinched by histopathological examination. Treatment of this tumour usually requires surgical resection with bronchoscopic resection being described in few cases. We describe a 32 year old male presenting with hemoptysis who was diagnosed to have IMT. Resection of the tumour was done with the help of rigid bronchoscopy. Post-resection, hemoptysis stopped and no recurrence of tumour was noted on subsequent follow-up. We also present a systematic review of literature of all the cases of tracheo-bronchial IMT treated with bronchoscopic resection and conclude it to be a useful alternative to surgery in such cases.