Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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A Case Report of Neurilemmoma in the Bronchial Wall

기관지 벽에 발생한 신경초종 1예

  • Moon, Chi-Young (Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Lee, Heung-Bum (Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Lee, Yong-Chul (Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Rhee, Yang-Keun (Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School)
  • 문치영 (전북대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이흥범 (전북대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이용철 (전북대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 이양근 (전북대학교 의과대학 내과학교실)
  • Published : 1998.06.30
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Abstract

Neurilemmoma, also called schwanomma, neurinoma, and perineural fibroblastoma is a rare benign tumor originated from the schwann cell of nerve sheath. They occur commonly at 20-50 aged person and involved the head and neck and flexor surface of the extremity. Histologically, they are characterized by Antoni A and Antoni B tissue composed of high and low cellularity. Primary neurilemmoma involved in the bronchial wall is extremely rare and few cases have been reported previously. We experienced neurilemmoma of the bronchial wall in a 72 year old woman. The pulmonary radiology showed the right middle lobe collapse with single lymphadenopathy, and bronchoscopic biopsy was performed to confirm the neurilemmoma.

신경초종은 비교적 드문 종양으로 주로 사지와 두경부에 호발하며 폐실질이나 기관지 벽에 발생하는 경우는 드물다. 본 교실에서는 72세 여자에서 우측 중엽 기관지 벽에 발생한 신경초종을 기관지 내시경 생검술로 진단하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고한다.

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