[Endobronchial lipoma]

An Sist Sanit Navar. 2012 Sep-Dec;35(3):529-32. doi: 10.23938/ASSN.0111.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Endobronchial lipoma is an extremely rare benign tumour, which usually causes symptoms related with bronchial obstruction. Chest computed tomography shows a homogeneous mass with fat density and without contrast enhancement. Definitive diagnosis is made with bronchoscopy and biopsy of the tumour. The treatment of choice is endoscopic resection. We present a case of an endobronchial lipoma in a 74 year-old patient, with a medical history of papilar thyroid gland carcinoma, resected endoscopically.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bronchial Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Bronchial Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lipoma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Lipoma* / surgery
  • Radiography