Bronchial adenoma. A clinicopathologic study.

Abstract

Among 28 patients with bronchial adenomas, 24 adenomas (86%) were of the carcinoid type. The 28 bronchial adenomas provided an incidence of 0.6% of all primary lung tumors seen in our institutions. There was a slightly greater preponderance of female patients and a greater incidence of the lision occurring in the right bronchopulmonary tree than the left. Symptoms of bronchial adenoma may exist for many years before the condition is diagnosed, and prolonged survival is recorded, even in the absence of surgical treatment. Although pneumonectomy was performed in several patients, lobectomy, bronchoplastic procedures, or sleeve resection of the affected area are generally recommended.