CT Findings of Tracheal Lipoma: A Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.1997.36.3.443
- Author:
Kyung Hwan BYUN
1
;
Duk Sik KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kyungpook National University Hospital.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Trachea, CT;
Trachea, neoplasms;
Lipoma and lipomatosis
- MeSH:
Asthma;
Biopsy;
Bronchoscopy;
Diagnosis;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Lipoma*;
Lung;
Neck
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1997;36(3):443-445
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A patient with a history of asthma underwent computed tomography (CT). With a soft tissue window (width 330, level 30) the scan of the neck did not show any lesion within the airway lumen, but with a lung parenchymal window(width 1300, level -500), we were able to find a low attenuationg endotracheal mass lesion measuring -320HU. A bronchoscopy was performed and a polypoid mass approximately 2cm in diameter was found within the tracheal lumen. An endoscpic biopsy was not performed due to the risk of bleeding and the bronchoscopy was inconclusive for tissue diagnosis. CT, however, provided a definitive diagnosis by demonstrating fat within the tumor on the lung window.
