Successful Removal of Endobronchial Lipoma by Flexible Bronchoscopy Using Electrosurgical Snare.

Author: Seong Cheol YUN ¹ ; Moon Jun NA ; Eugene CHOI ; Sun Jung KWON ; Seong Ju LEE ; Sun Hee OH ; Eun Jung CHA ; Ji Woong SON
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1. Department of Internal Medicine, Konyang University Hospital, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. sk1609@hanmail.net
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Bronchoscopy; Electrocoagulation; Lipoma
MeSH: Bronchi; Bronchoscopy; Constriction, Pathologic; Cough; Dilatation; Electrocoagulation; Lipoma; Pulmonary Atelectasis; SNARE Proteins; Thorax
From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2013;74(2):82-85
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: A 62-year-old man with a chronic cough presented with atelectasis of the left upper lobe on chest X-ray. Chest computed tomography showed an atelectasis in the left upper lobe with bronchial wall thickening, stenosis, dilatation, and mucoid impaction. We performed bronchoscopy and found a well-circumscribed mass on the left upper lobe bronchus. The mass was removed by flexible bronchoscopy using an electrosurgical snare and diagnosed with lipoma. An endobronchial lipoma is a rare benign tumor that can be treated by a surgical or endoscopic approach. We report the successful removal of endobronchial lipoma via flexible bronchoscopic electrosurgical snare.