Open AccessLaser resection of endobronchial hamartoma via fiberoptic bronchoscopy
Author(s) -
SatyaPrakash Rai,
AshokPolice Patil,
Puneet Saxena,
Amulyajit Kaur
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.4103/0970-2113.68329
Subject(s) - medicine , hamartoma , atelectasis , pneumonia , bronchoscopy , radiology , sputum , airway obstruction , stridor , surgery , lung , airway , tuberculosis , pathology
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.