Bronchial lipoma : an unusual cause of pleural empyema

Bronchial lipoma : an unusual cause of pleural empyema

We report a case of rapidly growing pleural empyema due to endobronchial lipoma. The diagnosis was established by chest computed tomography (CT). Endobronchial lipoma is a rare benign tumor of the tracheobronchial tree which can cause irreversible damage to the distal lung parenchyma if diagnosis an...

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Veröffentlicht in:JBR-BTR (Bruxelles) 2015-04, Vol.98 (2), p.88-90
Hauptverfasser: Lanotte, S, Frognier, R, Van Cutsem, O, Mailleux, P
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Sprache:eng
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Lipoma
lipomatosis
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Zusammenfassung:We report a case of rapidly growing pleural empyema due to endobronchial lipoma. The diagnosis was established by chest computed tomography (CT). Endobronchial lipoma is a rare benign tumor of the tracheobronchial tree which can cause irreversible damage to the distal lung parenchyma if diagnosis and treatment are not carried out in time.
ISSN:0302-7430
1780-2393
1780-2393
2514-8281
DOI:10.5334/jbr-btr.773