ENDOBRONCHIAL LIPOMATOUS HAMARTOMA - A RARE CAUSE OF BRONCHIAL OCCLUSION

A 74-year-old man presented with shortness of breath and vague chest p ain. A chest roentgenogram showed subtotal atelectasis of the upper lo be of the left lung and a CT scan revealed an occlusion of the bronchu s of the upper lobe of the left lung by an intraluminal tumor. A well- circumscribed yellow tumor obstructing the bronchus of the upper lobe of the left lung was seen by fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Biopsies reveale d mature fat tissue and small areas with hone consistent with the diag nosis of an endobronchial predominantly lipomatous hamartoma.