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Endoscopy 1982; 14(2): 61-63
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1021579
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Resection of Obstructive Bronchial Fibrolipoma through the Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscope

P. Spinelli, P. Pizzetti, C. Lo Gullo, F. Rocca* , A. Gobbi* , G. Ravasi**
  • Endoscopy Service, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
  • *Divisione Medicina I, Ospedale di Busto Arsizio, Milan, Italy
  • **Divisione Oncologia Clinica D, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Via Venezian, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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17 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

Cases of benign pulmonary neoplasms treated by endobronchial resection are rare, and such cases are generally treated using rigid bronchoscopes. This paper reports a case of endobronchial resection of a right middle bronchial fibrolipoma using a flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope. No other cases of fiberbronchoscopic resection had been reported in the literature prior to 1977, when this procedure was performed.

Key words:

Bronchial fibrolipoma - Endobronchial resection - Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope