A case of endobronchial lipoma mimicking bronchial asthma

Ozkaya S., Demir H., Findik S.

INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CASE REPORTS JOURNAL, cilt.2, ss.15-17, 2009 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CASE REPORTS JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.15-17
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: endobronchial lipoma, asthma, radiology, bronchoscopy
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.