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DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-873010
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Endobronchial Lipoma in a Patient with Churg-Strauss Syndrome
Publication History
Received August 1, 2005
Publication Date:
02 June 2006 (online)
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Abstract
Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a disorder characterized by hypereosinophilia and systemic vasculitis complicating a preexisting asthma. We report here a case of CSS with an endobronchial lesion, initially considered to be an endobronchial granuloma of CSS, which was finally diagnosed as a lipoma, a very rare benign tumor of the tracheobronchial tree. To our knowledge, this is the first case in the literature presenting with these two rare entities.
Key words
Churg-Strauss syndrome - eosinophilia - endobronchial lipoma
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