Volume 19 Issue 3 September 2010Case Report
An endobronchial lipoma mimicking asthma and
malignancy
Pages 281-283
*Farzan Irania, Bijender Kumara, Prashanth Reddya, Rawan Narwal-Chadhaa, Rahil Kasmania, James Titab
a
Department of Internal Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
b
Department of Pulmonary & Critical care Medicine, St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Received 5 April 2009 • Accepted 22 September 2009 • Online 17 December 2009
Abstract
Endobronchial lipomas are rare benign tumours of the lung. Bronchial occlusion may lead to a misdiagnosis of asthma or malignancy.
We describe a 52-year-old man treated for asthma for several years, who presented with non-resolving right upper lobe pneumonia.
Bronchoscopy proved to be diagnostic and therapeutic. Clinical characteristics of this unique entity are discussed.
Keywords
Bronchial neoplasms; lipoma; asthma
* Corresponding author. Farzan Irani Tel: +1-202-906-0401 Fax: +1-419-251-6750 Email: farzan_i@yahoo.com | |
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