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Bronchus adenoma

MedGen UID:
56206
•Concept ID:
C0149845
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Adenoma of Bronchus; adenoma of bronchus; Adenoma of the Bronchus; adenoma of the bronchus; adenoma, bronchial, benign; Bronchial Adenoma; Bronchial adenoma; bronchial adenoma; bronchial adenoma NOS (morphologic abnormality); bronchus adenoma; Lung Papillary Adenoma; lung papillary adenoma; Papillary Adenoma of Type II Pneumocytes; papillary adenoma of type II pneumocytes; Peripheral Papillary Tumor of Type II Pneumocytes; peripheral papillary tumor of type II pneumocytes; peripheral papillary tumour of type II pneumocytes; Type II Pneumocyte Adenoma; type II pneumocyte adenoma
SNOMED CT: Bronchial adenoma (24482001)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003427

Definition

A benign lung neoplasm characterized by the presence of a fibrovascular stroma lined by cuboidal to columnar cells. Patients are usually asymptomatic and it is incidentally discovered as a pulmonary nodule during chest X-ray examination. Surgical excision is curative. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBronchus adenoma

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PubMed

Fetal bronchoscopy as a useful procedure in a case with prenatal diagnosis of congenital microcystic adenomatoid malformation.
Cruz-Martinez R, Méndez A, Perez-Garcilita O, Monroy A, Aguilar-Vidales K, Cruz-Martinez MA, Martinez-Morales C
Fetal Diagn Ther 2015;37(1):75-80. Epub 2014 Aug 14 doi: 10.1159/000361015. PMID: 25138479
Transsternal transpericardial operations in the treatment of bronchopleural fistulas after pneumonectomy.
Stamatis G, Martini G, Freitag L, Wencker M, Greschuchna D
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1996;10(2):83-6. doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(96)80128-x. PMID: 8664010
The diagnosis and treatment of bronchial adenoma.
MOERSCH HJ, HARRINGTON SW
Med Clin North Am 1954 Jul;New York No.:1097-1107. doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)34836-2. PMID: 13164615

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