Abstract
Endobronchial chondroma is a cartilaginous benign tumor,which
arises from the bronchial cartilage. As a rare benign tumor,
endobronchial chondroma differs from cartilaginous hamartoma
in that it includes cartilage components only,but hamartoma
contains lipomatous and lymphoid tissue.The clinical manifestations
of endobronchial chondroma are associated with the extent of
mechanical obstruction of bronchus.Symptoms of endobronchial
chondroma are nonspecific,such as cough, sputum, fever, or
dyspnea on exertion.Endobronchial chondroma is often misdiagnosed
as other diseases,such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease,or pulmonary tuberculosis. The treatment is usually surgical
procedures,such as resection of lung segment or lobe by thoracostomy
or resection of tumor by bronchoscopy.We report a case of the patient
who was diagnosed to have endobronchial chondroma treated by bronchial
resection and end to end anastomosis.