[Pleural empyema associated with endobronchial lipoma]

Arch Bronconeumol. 2005 Mar;41(3):172-4. doi: 10.1016/s1579-2129(06)60418-7.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Bronchial benign tumors comprise fewer than 4% of pulmonary neoplasms. Endobronchial lipoma is an extremely rare benign neoplasm accounting for only 0.1% to 0.5% of all lung tumors. Clinical symptoms of lipoma depend on the location of the tumor, the severity of bronchial obstruction, and the functional and anatomical effects on the parenchyma distal to the obstruction. Computed axial tomography usually reveals the adipose composition of the lipomatous tumor. We report the case of an 83-year-old man diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia that led to complications: pleural empyema caused by Haemophilus influenzae infection and atelectasis of the right middle and lower lobes secondary to a lipomatous endobronchial obstruction. Removal of the bronchial lipoma was performed by laser resection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / complications*
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / surgery
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Community-Acquired Infections / complications
  • Empyema, Pleural / complications
  • Empyema, Pleural / diagnostic imaging
  • Empyema, Pleural / etiology*
  • Haemophilus Infections / complications
  • Haemophilus influenzae
  • Humans
  • Laser Therapy
  • Lipoma / complications*
  • Lipoma / diagnosis
  • Lipoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Lipoma / surgery
  • Male
  • Pneumonia / complications
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / etiology
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed