A case of endobronchial lipoma mimicking bronchial asthma

Int Med Case Rep J. 2009 May 19:2:15-7. doi: 10.2147/imcrj.s5541. Print 2009.

Abstract

Endobronchial lipoma is a rare neoplasm of the tracheobronchial tree and it may cause irreversible pulmonary damage due to recurrent pneumonia. Rarely, it may mimic bronchial asthma. We present a 53-year-old woman with an endobronchial lipoma, which had been treated as a bronchial asthma for four years. She also had developed recurrent pneumonia three times.

Keywords: asthma; bronchoscopy; endobronchial lipoma; radiology.

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  • Case Reports