Bronchial oncocytic carcinoma in an adult: a case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung salivary-type tumors originating from bronchial submucosal glands are rare, only four types of salivary gland-type tumors are listed in 2015 WHO classification of lung tumors. Here, we report a rare case of oncocytic carcinoma (OC) in the right main bronchus.

Case presentation

A 34-year-old man presented to our hospital with a two-month history of recurrent hemoptysis and with one month of inspiratory dyspnea. Pulmonary function tests showed mild restrictive ventilatory dysfunction and severe diffusion dysfunction. Furthermore, the flow volume loop showed a variable extra-thoracic obstruction. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest revealed that a polypiform nodule of 13 mm in diameter was at the proximal right main bronchus. Testing for purified protein deriv

SUBMITTER: Shen YF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10559420 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature