Endobronchial lipoma causing progressive dyspnea

We describe a 63-year-old male who presented with progressive exertional dyspnea, post-obstructive pneumonia and chest CT findings of an endobronchial lesion. Bronchoscopy revealed an endobronchial lipoma, which was resected using snare electrocautery. Complete resolution of the patient's sympt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dy, Rajany V., Patel, Sumit, Harris, Kassem, Mador, M. Jeffery
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5508497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28736696
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.07.002
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Sumario:We describe a 63-year-old male who presented with progressive exertional dyspnea, post-obstructive pneumonia and chest CT findings of an endobronchial lesion. Bronchoscopy revealed an endobronchial lipoma, which was resected using snare electrocautery. Complete resolution of the patient's symptoms was noted following bronchoscopic resection.

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