Case Reports
Vol. 6 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.4081/cdr.6.5938

A rare cause of wheezing

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Received: 15 April 2016
Published: 16 November 2016
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Wheezing, Granular cell tumor, Resection
Pulmonary Medicine

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Alexander H. Cho
chobot@gwu.edu
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5373-3350 (unauthenticated)
Pulmonary/Critical Care Department, Washington University, Washington, DC, United States.
Jessica Logan
Department of Internal Medicine, DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States.
Jalil Ahari
Pulmonary/Critical Care Department, Washington University, Washington, DC, United States.
A 24-year-old African American female nonsmoker, with a reported history of asthma presented to the hospital with 2 weeks of shortness of breath and sputum production. She had a chest X-ray and computed tomography scan that displayed evidence of a right upper lobe collapse. She subsequently had a bronchoscopy that revealed an endobronchial lesion at the opening of the right upper lobe bronchus. Biopsies performed were consistent with a granular cell tumor. Granular cell tumors are rare submucosal tumors of Schwann cell origin. Resection of the right upper lobe resolved her symptoms and wheezing.

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A rare cause of wheezing. (2016). Chest Disease Reports, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/cdr.6.5938

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