Obstructing tracheal lipoma: management of a rare tumor.
Benign neoplasms of the trachea are rare. We describe a 46-year-old patient with a lipoma arising from the membranous trachea and causing severe respiratory obstruction. Investigation and management of this problem are discussed, and the literature is reviewed.
Chen
T F
TF
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, England.
Braidley
P C
PC
Shneerson
J M
JM
Wells
F C
FC
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery