An infrequent cause of total lung collapse: Endobronchial lipoma

Publication date: Available online 21 June 2014 Source:Alexandria Journal of Medicine Author(s): Fahd Ahmed Suhail , Mohamed Mahmoud El Shafei , Basma Mohamed El.Sabaa , Adel Mohamed Risk , Shadya Halmy Abou Safe Endobronchial lipomas are rare benign tumors of the lung. The reported case was a 46-year-old man who came to our center for follow up of endobronchial lesion and contracted it 5years ago. A fibrobronchoscopy failed to reach the lesion due to narrowing in the upper respiratory tract and the percutaneous sampling (CT-guided FNA) was taken. Histopathological investigation revealed that the tumor was an endobronchial lipoma; the tumor composed of mature fat tissue and was covered with bronchial epithelium.
Source: Alexandria Journal of Medicine - Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research