[Bronchial lipoma treated by surgical resection; report of a case].
We report a case of bronchial lipoma, which relapsed after endoscopic treatment, and was treated by surgical resection. An abnormal shadow on chest X-ray was noted at the annual medical checkup of a 44-year-old man. Chest computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a tumor in the right basal bronchus and linear opacity on the peripheral side of that tumor. Bronchoscopic examination demonstrated a smooth polipoid tumor occluding the right basal lobe bronchus. Bronchoscopic biopsy specimens were not sufficient for histological diagnosis. We performed endobronchial resection of the tumor using electrosurgical snare, but 2 months after endoscopic treatment, the tumor relapsed. We therefore performed right S(9+10) segmentectomy. The tumor was 11 x 9mm in size and the histological diagnosis was an endobronchial lipoma. More than 4 years after resection, the patient is alive without recurrence.
Chujo
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M
Department of Second Surgery, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Japan.
Miura
T
T
Kawano
Y
Y
Miyawaki
M
M
Imakiire
T
T
Hayashita
Y
Y
Ito
K
K
Kawahara
K
K
D000328:Adult; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D004598:Electrosurgery / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male