A Case of Endobronchial Chondroma.

Kim, Young A; Jung, Jae Han; Chang, Yoon Soo; Kim, Hyung Jung; Ahn, Chul Min; Cho, Sang Ho

doi:2000.48.1.78

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 48(1); 2000 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2000;48(1):78-83.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2000.48.1.78 Published online January 1, 2000.

A Case of Endobronchial Chondroma.

Young A Kim, Jae Han Jung, Yoon Soo Chang, Hyung Jung Kim, Chul Min Ahn, Sang Ho Cho

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Collage of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Pathology, Yonsei University Collage of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Endobronchial chondroma is a cartilaginous benign tumor,which arises from the bronchial cartilage. As a rare benign tumor, endobronchial chondroma differs from cartilaginous hamartoma in that it includes cartilage components only,but hamartoma contains lipomatous and lymphoid tissue.The clinical manifestations of endobronchial chondroma are associated with the extent of mechanical obstruction of bronchus.Symptoms of endobronchial chondroma are nonspecific,such as cough, sputum, fever, or dyspnea on exertion.Endobronchial chondroma is often misdiagnosed as other diseases,such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,or pulmonary tuberculosis. The treatment is usually surgical procedures,such as resection of lung segment or lobe by thoracostomy or resection of tumor by bronchoscopy.We report a case of the patient who was diagnosed to have endobronchial chondroma treated by bronchial resection and end to end anastomosis.

Key Words: Endobronchial chondroma, Hamartoma