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Tracheal lipoma obstructing the right main bronchus: Report of a case

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Most tracheal tumors are malignant, and benign neoplasms are extremely rare. We herein report the case of a 60-year-old woman with a tracheal lipoma obstructing the right main bronchus in whom a preoperative diagnosis was not able to be established. Thus, a thoracotomy was performed followed by complete resection of the tumor including two rings of the tracheal wall. Pathologic examination confirmed that the tumor was a lipoma covered with tracheal epithelium, extending between the cartilage into the outer layer of the trachea.

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  1. Department of Chest Surgery, National Kyushu Cancer Center, 3-1-1 Notame, Minami-ku, 815, Fukuoka, Japan

    Kohsuke Tayama, Eiji Takai, Takashi Ueda, Tokujiro Yano & Yukito Ichinose

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Tayama, K., Takai, E., Ueda, T. et al. Tracheal lipoma obstructing the right main bronchus: Report of a case. Surg Today 26, 1017–1019 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00309965

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