Laser resection of endobronchial hamartoma via fiberoptic bronchoscopy

Abstract

Endobronchial hamartoma is a rare benign tumor of lung that may present with symptoms of airway obstruction with wheezing, stridor, recurrent pneumonia or atelectasis. We report a case of a patient with endobronchial hamartoma, recurrent pneumonia, who presented to us with sputum smear and culture positive pulmonary tuberculosis. He was treated with antitubercular treatment and endobronchial hamartoma was resected completely by diode laser through fiberoptic bronchoscope.

Keywords

• Diode laser
• endobronchial hamartoma
• fiberoptic bronchoscope
• laser resection