Endobronchial Glomus Tumor in a Child.

Pediatr Allergy Immunol Pulmonol

Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri.

Published: December 2019

Glomus tumors (GTs) are rare, usually benign, mesenchymal neoplasms typically located in the cutaneous tissues of the extremities. Visceral locations have been reported in ∼5% of cases. The average age at diagnosis is 42 years. GTs originating in the respiratory tract of pediatric patients are exceedingly rare. We report a 16-year-old male with a GT of the right lower lobe bronchus.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7057049PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ped.2019.1065DOI Listing

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