Bronchial glomus tumor mimicking a COPD exacerbation

Submitted: December 10, 2015
Accepted: December 10, 2015
Published: December 10, 2015
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We report the case of a glomus tumor originating in the left main bronchus diagnosed in a 79 year old Caucasian man. A glomus tumor is an extremely rare neoplasm in the bronchi with nonspecific clinical features. Bronchoscopy allows the diagnosis through biopsy and subsequent histopathological examination of the tissue and in selected cases may represent a valid alternative to surgery permitting a radical tumor excision.

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Ravenna, F., S. Saturni, A. Casalini, F.P. Pilato, C. Pasquini, G. Caramori, and A. Papi. 2015. “Bronchial Glomus Tumor Mimicking a COPD Exacerbation”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 75 (3). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2011.221.