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.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, England.
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Chen
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Braidley
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JM
Shneerson
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Wells
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