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Substernal Thyroid Biopsy Using Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration
Published on: November 10, 2014
[Catch me if you can--a case of endobronchial lipoma]
1Thoraxzentrum Ruhrgebiet, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Herne-Betriebsstelle Eickel, Klinik für Pneumologie und Infektiologie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Herne. Heiko.Knoop@web.de
Abstract:
Incidentally, a lesion in the right upper pulmonary lobe was found in a 74-year-old male patient. The flexible bronchoscopy revealed an endobrochial lipoma in the right lower lobe as the only pathological finding. Due to multiple co-morbidities, no intervention was performed initially. Since the endobronchial lipoma increased in size during follow-up, it was removed by cryoextraction. This case report on an endobronchial lipoma includes a short summary of this rare benign lung tumor.
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