title: Bronchoscopic resection of bronchial angiolipoma: A rare case report.
abstract: Angiolipoma is a rare benign tumor that most commonly occurs in the extremities and trunk. Angiolipomas originating in the bronchial tree are extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge, only one such case, confined to the bronchus intermedius, has been reported to date. The present study describes the case of an asymptomatic 74-year-old man with a yellowish round mass incidentally discovered at the orifice of the right lower bronchus during a routine health check. The tumor originated from the membranous part of the right inferior bronchus. Using a high-frequency electric snare and argon plasma coagulation under general anesthesia, successful bronchoscopic resection of the tumor was performed. At 15 months after the surgery, the patient remained recurrence- and symptom-free.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital of PLA, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhiqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sichuan Provincial Communications Department Highway Bureau Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Hongli
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Lanzhou General Hospital of PLA, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital of PLA, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital of PLA, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhanpeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital of PLA, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Caixia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital of PLA, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital of PLA, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Qingxin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: angiolipoma; argon plasma coagulation; bronchoscopic resection; electrosurgical snaring; endobronchial tumor; lung tumor