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Obstructing tracheal lipoma: management of a rare tumor
T F Chen1, P C Braidley, J M Shneerson
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, England.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Benign neoplasms of the trachea are rare. We describe a 46-year-old patient with a lipoma arising from the membranous trachea and causing severe respiratory obstruction. Investigation and management of this problem are discussed, and the literature is reviewed.