Endoscopic removal of a bronchial lipoma with the Neodymium-YAG laser.
A 56-year-old man presented with right middle and lower lobe pneumonia with empyema. Bronchoscopy and endobronchial biopsy revealed a lipoma in the bronchus intermedius. Removal of the lipoma was achieved with the Neodymium-Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet (Nd:YAG) laser through a fiberoptic bronchoscope. The present case represents the first report of endobronchial lipoma with the Nd:YAG laser in the United States.
D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged