A Case of Granular Cell Tumor of the Bronchus.

Yun, Sang Won; Ohn, Jun Sang; Lee, Young Sil; Rheu, Nam Soo; Cho, Dong Ill; Kang, Kyung Hoon; Kim, Duk Whan; Kim, Sung Jin

doi:1995.42.4.588

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 42(4); 1995 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1995;42(4):588-593.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1995.42.4.588 Published online August 1, 1995.

A Case of Granular Cell Tumor of the Bronchus.

Sang Won Yun, Jun Sang Ohn, Young Sil Lee, Nam Soo Rheu, Dong Ill Cho, Kyung Hoon Kang, Duk Whan Kim, Sung Jin Kim

¹Department of Chest Medicine, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Chest Surgery, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Pathology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
⁴Korea National Tuberculosis Association(In Cheon Branch), In Cheon, Korea.

Abstract

Granular cell tumor(myoblastoma) of the bronchus is an uncommon benign tumor that causes pulmonary complications due to obstruction of the airways. The tumor as origianally described by Abrikossoff was considered to be muscular origin, but currently neural derivation is favored. We report a case of granular cell tumor of bronchus of 27-year-old female patient with recurrent pneumonia that is confirmed by bronchoscopic biopsy, and review the liturature.

Key Words: Granular cell tumor of the bronchus