A case of primary pleural leiomyoma with parenchymal involvement: primary pleural leiomyoma

Funda İncekara,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2017.13479

Funda İncekara¹, Kubilay İnan¹, Funda Demirağ², Sadi Kaya¹, Göktürk Fındık¹

¹Atatürk Göğüs Hastalıkları ve Göğüs Cerrahisi Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Göğüs Cerrahisi Kliniği, Ankara, Türkiye
²Atatürk Göğüs Hastalıkları ve Göğüs Cerrahisi Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Patoloji, Ankara, Türkiye

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2017.13479

Leiomyomas are benign smooth muscle tumors, which are rarely localized in the lung. Although its etiology is not exactly known, the mean age ranges from 21 to 55 years. Total excision is recommended as the first-line therapy. Herein, we present a 51-year-old postmenopausal female case with a mass in the subpleural area of the left lung which was excised totally using endoscopic stapler via left-single port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The mass was pathologically diagnosed as pleural leiomyoma postoperatively.

Keywords : Excision; pleural leiomyoma; video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

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