Research Article
Bronchoscopic Treatment of Benign Endoluminal Lung Tumors
Table 2
Summary of treatment modalities applied to patients with endobronchial benign tumors.
| | Diagnosis | Age years (mean) | Gender (male : female) | Number of APC/diode laser/cryo procedures | Additional treatment modalities () |
| | Hamartoma (n = 15) | 55 | 12 : 3 | 5/8/12 | Mechanical debridement (2) | | Hamartochondroma (n = 5) | 64 | 3 : 2 | 2/2/4 | Mechanical debridement (2) | | Hemangioma (n = 1) | 45 | 1 : 0 | —/1/— | — | | Adenoma (n = 1) | 37 | 1 : 0 | 1/—/2 | Mechanical debridement (1) | | Fibroepithelial polyp (n = 12) | 58 | 10 : 2 | 4/5/3 | — | | Papilloma (n = 3) | 55 | 2 : 1 | 3/2/— | Mechanical debridement (1) | | Lipoma (n = 1) | 64 | 1 : 0 | 3/—/— | — | | Inflammatory pseudopolyp (n = 2) | 62 | 2 : 0 | 1/4/— | — | | Amyloidosis (n = 4) | 71 | 1 : 3 | 3/—/— | Mechanical debridement (2) |
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APC, Argon plasma coagulation.
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