Three Cases of Primary Central Airway Tumors of Neurological and Neuroendocrine Origin in Children.
This single-center report describes three children with primary central airway carcinoid, schwannoma, or neurofibroma managed using interventional bronchoscopy and/or surgery.
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This single-center report describes three children with primary central airway carcinoid, schwannoma, or neurofibroma managed using interventional bronchoscopy and/or surgery.
Research significance
The reported cases provide limited human evidence that bronchoscopic and surgical approaches can be used to manage rare pediatric central airway tumors; it is an inference, not demonstrated by comparative outcomes, that advances in interventional bronchoscopy could improve care or reduce morbidity.
Source abstract
Primary bronchopulmonary tumors are rare in childhood and cause symptoms that are often mistaken for asthma, nontypical pneumonia, or chronic bronchitis. From a single tertiary care center, we report 3 cases of such tumors originating from neural crest cells (carcinoid, schwannoma, neurofibroma) and managed by interventional bronchoscopy and/or surgery. Advances in interventional bronchoscopy are essential to ensure optimal care for children with such airway tumors.