Primary Benign Bronchial Schwannoma Presenting as Asthma

Abstract

Recurrent wheezing in children is frequently due to asthma and responds to bronchodilator therapy. We report a case of a 13-year old boy with a 2-year history of presumed asthma not responding to bronchodilator therapy. Bronchoscopy revealed a right main bronchus tumor, which was diagnosed as bronchial schwannoma after resection by sleeve lobectomy. We review the literature on this tumor.

Keywords:

• bronchial tumor
• pediatric
• lobectomy (lung)
• bronchoscopy/bronchus
• neurogenic tumor