title: Endobronchial lipoma.
abstract: A symptomatic patient with obstructive pneumonitis, mimicking bronchogenic carcinoma, was bronchoscoped and found to have lipoma in his left mainstem bronchus. The diagnosis could not be obtained until the mass was totally removed by bronchoscopic excision. The English literature regarding endobronchial lipoma is briefly reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male