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. 1991 Sep;46(9):685. doi: 10.1136/thx.46.9.685

Atypical lipoma of the lung.

K Matsuba 1, T Saito 1, K Ando 1, T Shirakusa 1
PMCID: PMC463374  PMID: 1948801

Abstract

An unusual endobronchial lipoma characterised by pleomorphic, multinucleated giant cells admixed with mature adipose cells developed in a 52 year old woman, arising from the right middle lobe bronchus. Lobectomy was performed and the postoperative course was uneventful.

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