Benign Bronchial Tumours: A Rare Case of Endobronchial Fibroma With Hilar–Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy
Giuseppina Marrazzo, Teresa Ferrazzo, Giuseppe Failla, Francesco Giuseppe Tropea, Nicola Montenegro, Gianluca Ippolito, Fabio Alfredo Nania, Carlo Gentile, Annamaria Lavecchia, Corrado Pelaia, Girolamo Pelaia · 2026
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Description
Giuseppina Marrazzo and colleagues reported in 2026 a 73-year-old man whose growing lung nodule and swollen chest lymph nodes looked like cancer but proved to be a benign endobronchial fibroma. Bronchoscopy found a smooth, firm, rubbery polyp blocking a middle-lobe airway branch. Needle sampling of the mass and the suspicious nodes showed fibrous tissue without atypia and only inflamed nodes.
The lesion was removed completely through rigid bronchoscopy with forceps and laser, relieving his symptoms without open surgery. The authors lay out a stepwise pathway for such cases, using needle sampling of nodes to rule out spread before committing to treatment. Their message is that targeted sampling can spare patients unnecessary major operations. Radiological follow-up was planned to watch for any return.
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| CREATOR | Giuseppina Marrazzo, Teresa Ferrazzo, Giuseppe Failla, Francesco Giuseppe Tropea, Nicola Montenegro, Gianluca Ippolito, Fabio Alfredo Nania, Carlo Gentile, Annamaria Lavecchia, Corrado Pelaia, Girolamo Pelaia |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |