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A case of exogenous lipoid pneumonia diagnosed by transbronchial lung cryobiopsy
Yoshinori Uchida1, Shigeru Komatsu2, Erina Tabata2
1Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tomioka-Higashi 6-16-1, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0051, Japan; University of Yamanashi Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine 2, Shimokato 1110, Chuo-shi, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan.
Abstract:
A 57-year-old man visited a referral physician due to abnormal chest shadows. Transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) failed to diagnose his condition. As antibiotics and systemic steroids did not improve the condition, he was referred to our hospital. A second TBLB in our hospital also failed to diagnose the disease. Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) was performed using radial endobronchial ultrasound with guide sheath (EBUS-GS), and the patient was diagnosed with lipoid pneumonia. Right upper lobe resection was performed, and lipoid pneumonia was confirmed from the surgical specimen. We report a case of lipoid pneumonia diagnosed by EBUS-GS TBLC.
