São Paulo Medical Journal (Nov 2000)

Bronchial oncocytoma

  • Renata Telles Rudge de Aquino,
  • Maria Elisa Ruffolo Magliari,
  • Roberto Saad Junior,
  • Vicente Dorgan Neto,
  • Jorge Ethel Filho,
  • Carlos Dandretta Neto,
  • Vera Luiza Capelozzi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-31802000000600009
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 118, no. 6
pp. 195 – 197

Abstract

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CONTEXT: Oncocytomas are generally small and present slow growth. Finding of the tumor usually occurs incidentally. Their incidence is higher among male patients. Oncocytomas in mucous bronchial glands are extremely rare. CASE REPORT: A 35-year-old male who presented bronchial oncocytoma. The tumor was found after bronchoscopy that investigated an atelectasis of the upper left lobe. Histological examination with optical microscopy revealed a mature neoplasm formed by ovoid cells with thin, granular, eosinophilic cytoplasm and small nuclei similar to oncocytes. Electron microscopy showed mitochondrial hyperplasia. A three-year follow-up after thoracotomy followed by lobectomy and removal of the bronchial tumor was uneventful.

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