Tracheal lipoma obstructing the right main bronchus: report of a case.
Most tracheal tumors are malignant, and benign neoplasms are extremely rare. We herein report the case of a 60-year-old woman with a tracheal lipoma obstructing the right main bronchus in whom a preoperative diagnosis was not able to be established. Thus, a thoracotomy was performed followed by complete resection of the tumor including two rings of the tracheal wall. Pathologic examination confirmed that the tumor was a lipoma covered with tracheal epithelium, extending between the cartilage into the outer layer of the trachea.
Tayama
K
K
Department of Chest Surgery, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.
Takai
E
E
Ueda
T
T
Yano
T
T
Ichinose
Y
Y
D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery