An infrequent cause of total lung collapse: Endobronchial lipoma

Peer review under responsibility of Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine.

Available online 21 June 2014

Abstract

Endobronchial lipomas are rare benign tumors of the lung. The reported case was a 46-year-old man who came to our center for follow up of endobronchial lesion and contracted it 5 years ago. A fibrobronchoscopy failed to reach the lesion due to narrowing in the upper respiratory tract and the percutaneous sampling (CT-guided FNA) was taken. Histopathological investigation revealed that the tumor was an endobronchial lipoma; the tumor composed of mature fat tissue and was covered with bronchial epithelium.

KEYWORDS:

• Endobronchial lipoma
• Radiology
• Total lung collapse

Notes

Peer review under responsibility of Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine.

Available online 21 June 2014