Bronchoscopic Treatment of Endobronchial Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumors.

Héluain, Valentin; Hermant, Christophe; Borel, Cécile; Meilleroux, Julie; Plat, Gavin; Mhanna, Laurent; Mazières, Julien; Guibert, Nicolas · Ann Thorac Surg · 2021

case_series · Level IV

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Abstract

Endobronchial localizations of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are very unusual. We report the multimodal, bronchoscopic management of 3 cases, offering durable local control in all cases (including 2 patients who were definitively cured). Although surgery is usually considered the gold standard, therapeutic bronchoscopy should probably be considered as a frontline option for proximal lesions with limited base (< 10 mm<sup>2</sup>) because of uncommon metastatic spread and delayed local recurrence. Of note, 1 of our cases is a rare airway case after allograft hematopoietic stem cell transplant.

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