Respirology Case Reports (Jul 2022)

An endobronchial hamartoma observed using narrow band imaging under saline injection: A case report

  • Misato Kobayashi,
  • Noriaki Kurimoto,
  • Yuki Mitarai,
  • Takae Okuno,
  • Mika Nakao,
  • Takamasa Hotta,
  • Megumi Hamaguchi,
  • Yukari Tsubata,
  • Takeshi Isobe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.998
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 7
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract A light blue line (LBL) was observed along the edge of a lesion using narrow band imaging under saline injection during bronchoscopy in an 82‐year‐old patient with a lobulated mass on the left B4. The histopathological diagnosis was hamartoma with ciliated bronchial epithelium, and we speculated that LBL appeared around the ciliated bronchial epithelium.

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