title: An endobronchial lipoma successfully resected by high-frequency electric snare: a report of 2 cases.
abstract: Endobronchial lipoma is a rare, benign disease. When it causes chronic cough and pneumonia due to obstruction of the central airway, appropriate treatment is required. We herein report 2 cases of endobronchial lipoma successfully treated with a high-frequency electric snare through a flexible bronchoscope. Case 1, an 83-year-old man, visited a nearby hospital because of dyspnea on exertion. Chest computerized tomography revealed a tumor in the right main bronchus. He was referred to our hospital for further examination and treatment. Bronchoscopy showed a polypoid lesion in the right main bronchus. The tumor was resected by high-frequency electric snare through a flexible bronchoscope. Case 2 was an 83-year-old man who was diagnosed with pneumonia by a primary care physician on the basis of findings on chest computerized tomography. Bronchoscopy showed a polypoid lesion at the orifice of the right B6 bronchus, which caused segmental obstructive pneumonia. The tumor was bronchoscopically resected using a high-frequency electric snare and an neodymium-yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser. In both cases, the pathologic diagnosis was endobronchial lipoma.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hanagiri
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takenaka
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chikaishi
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shigematsu
authors.forename: Yoshika
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Hidehiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimokawa
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Hidetaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uramoto
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: So
authors.forename: Fumihiro
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004598:Electrosurgery; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome