Barış Çil
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, Mehmet Kabak
11 Department of Chest Disease, Mardin Training and Research Hospital, Mardin, Turkey
*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding Author: Barış Çil, MD; Vali Ozan Blv., Department of Chest Disease, Mardin Training and Research Hospital, Artuklu/Mardin 47100, Turkey. Tel:+90-5308750814; Fax:+90-4822124223; Email: , Email:
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Abstract
Primary tracheal tumors are very rare and 10%–20% are benign tumors. Tracheal lipoma is extremely rare and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. A 69-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with complaints of shortness of breath, respiratory distress, chest pain and cough. Chest CT scan showed a round mass in the topography of the trachea that almost caused airway obstruction. The lesion was resected endoscopically and the pedicle base was cauterized. Tracheal lipoma is a rare condition that should lie in the differential diagnosis of treatment-resistant asthma.