Endobronchial lipoma causing progressive dyspnea

Rajany V Dy; Sumit Patel; Kassem Harris; M Jeffery Mador

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.07.002

Endobronchial lipoma causing progressive dyspnea

Respir Med Case Rep. 2017 Jul 8:22:95-97. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.07.002. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Rajany V Dy¹, Sumit Patel¹, Kassem Harris², M Jeffery Mador^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA.
² Department of Thoracic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA.
³ Western New York Veterans Administration Healthcare System, 3495, Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, NY, USA.

Abstract

We describe a 63-year-old male who presented with progressive exertional dyspnea, post-obstructive pneumonia and chest CT findings of an endobronchial lesion. Bronchoscopy revealed an endobronchial lipoma, which was resected using snare electrocautery. Complete resolution of the patient's symptoms was noted following bronchoscopic resection.

Keywords: Endobronchial lipoma; Snare electrocautery; Therapeutic bronchoscopy.

Publication types

Case Reports