Endobronchial lipoma: a rare cause of bronchial occlusion

Ahmet Basoglu; Burcin Celik; Ali Osman Akdag; Aysen Taslak Sengul

doi:10.1016/j.icvts.2003.11.014

Endobronchial lipoma: a rare cause of bronchial occlusion

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2004 Jun;3(2):263-4. doi: 10.1016/j.icvts.2003.11.014.

Authors

Ahmet Basoglu¹, Burcin Celik, Ali Osman Akdag, Aysen Taslak Sengul

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School, Samsun, Turkey. ahmetb@omu.edu.tr

PMID: 17670231
DOI: 10.1016/j.icvts.2003.11.014

Abstract

Benign neoplasms of the endobronchial tree are uncommon, and among them lipomas are the most uncommon. Endobronchial lipoma is histologically benign in character but may cause bronchial obstruction. We describe a 47-year-old woman with an endobronchial lipoma arising from the right main bronchus which was treated as asthma for 4 years.