Abstract
Pulmonary parenchyma and pleuma are common affected sites in the pulmonary fibrous histiocytoma and bronchogenic one is an extremely rare lesion. Only 11 cases of broncho genie fibrous histiocytoma could be found in the literatures reported from occidental countries. Therefore, this appears to be the first reported ease in Japan. The patient is an 8 year old girl who suffered from recurrent pneumonia and atelectasis caused by right endobronchial tumor. A bronchoscopical biopsy of the tumor revealed benign fibrous histiocytoma. Because of exacerbation of the symptomes she underwent right upper lobectomy and wedge resection of the bronchus including the tumor. Her postoperative course was uneventful and discharged on the 13th postoperative day. She is doing well without symptomes nor evidence of recurrence 16 months after surgery. The pathology, diagnosis and surgery of bronchogenic fibrous histiccytoma are also discussed in relation tothis case.
