Open AccessEndotracheal Spindle Cell Lipoma Presenting as a Chronic Cough
Author(s) -
Lama Sakr,
Jonathan Puchalski,
Carl Gable,
Daniel H. Sterman,
Sajjad Shah,
Andrew R. Haas
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e31819b2724
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , lipoma , chronic cough , presentation (obstetrics) , differential diagnosis , immunohistochemistry , pathology , radiology , asthma
An elderly gentleman with a chronic cough was found to have a large midtracheal lesion on computed tomography scan. Endotracheal extirpation with an electrocautery snare successfully removed the lesion. Histologic and immunohistochemical analyses revealed the lesion to be a spindle cell lipoma. We provide herein the case presentation and management, the differential diagnosis, and an overview of spindle cell lipoma.