title: An infrequent cause of persistent cough: endobronchial lipoma.
abstract: A 35-year-old nonsmoker man presented complaining of productive and irritant cough for approximately 1 month. No history of fever, shortness of breath, weight loss, or other associated symptoms were present at admission. Physical examination, including careful evaluations of cardiovascular and respiratory systems, did not reveal any abnormalities. Past medical records (including allergies and occupational agent exposure) were also found to be unremarkable. A chest roentgenogram with frontal and lateral incidences and a blood sample analysis were therefore performed, but the reports of both these analyses were normal, demanding further imaging investigation.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Giordano Rafael Tronco Alves, Radiology Division,, Federal University of Santa Maria,, Roraima Avenue, 1000 Santa Maria,, Rio Grande do Sul State, 97105-900, Brazil, T: +5555599159009, grtalves@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Giordano Rafael
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Tronco Alves
authors.forename: Mariane
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pasquali
authors.forename: Regis Vinicius
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: de Silva
authors.forename: Carlos Jesus
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Pereira Haygert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed