[Recurrence of endobronchial lipoma]

Pneumonol Alergol Pol. 2010;78(5):369-73.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Benign tumors of the lung and endobronchial tree are uncommon. Endobronchial lipomas are extremely rare, with incidence ranging from 0.1 to 0.5% of all lung tumors. Endobronchial lipomas originate from fat cells located in the peribronchial and occasionally the submucosal tissue of the main bronchi. The paper presents a case, in whom four years after transbronchial resection of the endobronchial lipoma, recurrence of the lesion in the same lung was confirmed. The diagnosis was made on the basis of CT scan, which detected lesions with previously identified morphology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchial Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / pathology
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Endoscopy
  • Humans
  • Lipoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lipoma / pathology
  • Lipoma / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome