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Pages 174-176 (July - August 1985)
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Vol. 21. Issue 4.
Pages 174-176 (July - August 1985)
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Lipomas endobronquiales: aspectos clinicos, diagnosticos y terapeuticos a proposito de cuatro casos
Endobronchial lipoma: clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic features of four cases
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J.M. Arriero Marin, F. Rodriguez De Castro, C. Martin Serrano, J. Picher Nuñez, P. Lazaro y De Mercado, S.D. Reboiras
Servicio de Neumología. C.E. Ramón y Cajal. Madrid
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Los lipomas endobronquiales son neoplasias benignas poco frecuentes que se localizan en los bronquios de mayor calibre, pudiendo causar una morbimortalidad significativa si no son diagnosticados y tratados adecuadamente. Se presentan cuatros nuevos casos de lipoma endobronquial, tres de ellos asintomáticos y uno con cuadros de neumonía recidivante. El diagnóstico se estableció mediante broncoscopia en tres de los pacientes, siendo necesaria la toracotomia en el cuarto al carecer de un diagnóstico histológico de certeza. Se preconizan las técnicas endoscópicas como método terapéutico de primera elección.

Endobronchial lipoma is an infrequent benign neoplasm in the larger bronchi which may have a high morbidity and mortality rate in the absence of adequate diagnosis and treatment. Below four cases are described; three were symptom free while the fourth presented recurrent pneumonia.

Diagnoses were established with bronchoscopy in three and, in the absence of a definite histological diagnosis in the fourth, with thoracotomy.

Endoscopic methods are considered the therapeutic mode of choice.

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