Endobronchial lipoma a rare cause of pleural empyema: a case report

Benign neoplasm of the endobronchial tree is quite rare, while endobronchial lipoma is extremely rare. The irreversible pulmonary damage is due to progressive bronchial obstruction; even so, pleural empyema is exceptionally encountered in a case of endobronchial lipoma. We report a case of a 47-year...

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Autores principales: Ouadnouni, Yassine, Bouchikh, Mohammed, Bekarsabein, Salma, Achir, Abdellah, Smahi, Mohammed, Msougar, Yassine, Mahassini, Najat, Benosman, Abdellatif
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829798
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6377
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Sumario:Benign neoplasm of the endobronchial tree is quite rare, while endobronchial lipoma is extremely rare. The irreversible pulmonary damage is due to progressive bronchial obstruction; even so, pleural empyema is exceptionally encountered in a case of endobronchial lipoma. We report a case of a 47-year-old man who had left lung pneumonia with hemoptysis. The chest computed tomography showed cystic bronchiectasis with pleural effusion, Flexible bronchoscopy revealed a round tumor on the left main bronchus.

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