title: Endotracheal spindle cell lipoma presenting as a chronic cough.
abstract: An elderly gentleman with a chronic cough was found to have a large midtracheal lesion on computed tomography scan. Endotracheal extirpation with an electrocautery snare successfully removed the lesion. Histologic and immunohistochemical analyses revealed the lesion to be a spindle cell lipoma. We provide herein the case presentation and management, the differential diagnosis, and an overview of spindle cell lipoma.
authors.affiliation: *Section of Interventional Pulmonology and Thoracic Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia †Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Reading, PA.
authors.forename: Lama
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sakr
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puchalski
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gable
authors.forename: Daniel H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Sterman
authors.forename: Sajjad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Haas