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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of four patients with glomus tumor

From: Therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy for endobronchial glomus tumors: a case series

No.

Year of visit

Age (years)

/Gender

Comorbidity /

Smoking Status

Symptoms

Location of lesion

Size (cm)/ Attenuationa, HU

Gross form

#1

2021

46/M

Narcolepsy/ Active smoker, 25PY

C/D/B

Right main bronchus (proximal, posterior wall)

2.1/

43 → NA

Round mass with a stalk

#2

2021

66/M

No/

Never

C/S/B

LB6 (bronchial invasion)

3.0/

31 → 42

Round mass with broad base

#3

2021

75/M

No/ Never

C/S/B

Left main bronchus (proximal, medial wall)

2.1

/ 28 → 95

Round mass with broad base

#4

2024

32/M

Hypertension/

Ex-smoker (12PY)

C/B

Left main bronchus (distal, lateral wall)

1.0/

38 → 112

Lobulated mass with broad base

  1. HU = Hounsfield unit, M = male, PY = pack-year, C = cough, D = dyspnea, B = blood-tinged sputum, NA = not available, S = sputum, LB6 = superior segmental bronchus of the left lower lobe
  2. a These are the attenuation values of the tumors on computed tomography before and after contrast agent injection
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine

ISSN: 1471-2466

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