Image of a thawed frozen specimen obtained using a cryoprobe floated with oil droplets in normal saline: An endobronchial lipomatous hamartoma image

Yuki Takigawa; Ken Sato; Tomoyoshi Inoue; Masahiro Takada; Keiichi Fujiwara

doi:10.1002/rcr2.1318

Image of a thawed frozen specimen obtained using a cryoprobe floated with oil droplets in normal saline: An endobronchial lipomatous hamartoma image

Respirol Case Rep. 2024 Mar 5;12(3):e01318. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.1318. eCollection 2024 Mar.

Authors

Yuki Takigawa¹, Ken Sato¹, Tomoyoshi Inoue¹, Masahiro Takada¹, Keiichi Fujiwara¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine NHO Okayama Medical Center Okayama Japan.

Abstract

Hereby, we present a rare case of a resected endobronchial tumour that floated or showed oil droplets in saline. In this study, we report an interesting image related to endobronchial lipomatous hamartoma cryotherapy.

Keywords: cryoprobe; endobronchial lipomatous hamartoma; floating tumour; oil droplet; thawed frozen specimen.

Publication types

Case Reports