Thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary oncocytoma, an uncommon neoplasm

Oncocytoma is an uncommon neoplasm with a characteristic histologic feature of abundant eosinophilic granular cytoplasm. It almost always occurs in kidney, thyroid, or salivary gland. Pulmonary oncocytoma is a rare pulmonary neoplasm, with fewer than 10 cases reported so far in the available English...

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Published in:Current oncology (Toronto) 2014-02, Vol.21 (1), p.e166-168
Main Authors: Zhang, B, Jin, J, Ye, Z, Zheng, H
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Oncocytoma is an uncommon neoplasm with a characteristic histologic feature of abundant eosinophilic granular cytoplasm. It almost always occurs in kidney, thyroid, or salivary gland. Pulmonary oncocytoma is a rare pulmonary neoplasm, with fewer than 10 cases reported so far in the available English literature. We encountered one such case that was successfully managed by thoracoscopic lobectomy.
ISSN:1198-0052
1718-7729
1718-7729
DOI:10.3747/co.21.1713