Endobronchial Lipomatous Polyp: A Rare Benign Tumor of the Lung

Endobronchial lipomatous polyp is a rare nonmalignant tumor of the lung. It comprises 5% of the benign lung tumor, with the majority of benign tumors being hamartoma. Lipomatous polyp often leads to endobronchial lesion, associated with postobstructive pneumonia, hemoptysis, and atelectasis. We here...

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Autores principales: Surani, Salim, Allen, Karen, Surani, Saherish, Varon, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4058190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24971188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/240834
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author Surani, Salim
Allen, Karen
Surani, Saherish
Varon, Joseph
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description Endobronchial lipomatous polyp is a rare nonmalignant tumor of the lung. It comprises 5% of the benign lung tumor, with the majority of benign tumors being hamartoma. Lipomatous polyp often leads to endobronchial lesion, associated with postobstructive pneumonia, hemoptysis, and atelectasis. We hereby present a case and discussion of an elderly man with endobronchial lipomatous polyp, presenting as recurrent pneumonia.
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spelling pubmed-40581902014-06-26 Endobronchial Lipomatous Polyp: A Rare Benign Tumor of the Lung Surani, Salim Allen, Karen Surani, Saherish Varon, Joseph Case Rep Pulmonol Case Report Endobronchial lipomatous polyp is a rare nonmalignant tumor of the lung. It comprises 5% of the benign lung tumor, with the majority of benign tumors being hamartoma. Lipomatous polyp often leads to endobronchial lesion, associated with postobstructive pneumonia, hemoptysis, and atelectasis. We hereby present a case and discussion of an elderly man with endobronchial lipomatous polyp, presenting as recurrent pneumonia. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4058190/ /pubmed/24971188 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/240834 Text en Copyright © 2014 Salim Surani et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Varon, Joseph
Endobronchial Lipomatous Polyp: A Rare Benign Tumor of the Lung
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title_full Endobronchial Lipomatous Polyp: A Rare Benign Tumor of the Lung
title_fullStr Endobronchial Lipomatous Polyp: A Rare Benign Tumor of the Lung
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title_short Endobronchial Lipomatous Polyp: A Rare Benign Tumor of the Lung
title_sort endobronchial lipomatous polyp: a rare benign tumor of the lung
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4058190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24971188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/240834
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