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Lipoid pneumonia surgery

Introduction

Overview

Overview

surgery is not a common treatment for lipoid pneumonia, but if there is a high suspicion of cancer, it would be considered as a therapy plan. video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy, is the favored method for these interventions.

Indications

Indications

  • surgery is not a common treatment for lipoid pneumonia, but if there is a high suspicion of cancer, it would be considered as a therapy plan.[1]
Surgery

Surgery

  • Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy, is the favored method for these interventions.[2]
References

References

  1. ↑ Simmons, Ashley; Rouf, Emran; Whittle, Jeff (2007). “Not Your Typical Pneumonia: A Case of Exogenous Lipoid Pneumonia”. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 22 (11): 1613–1616. doi:10.1007/s11606-007-0280-7. ISSN 0884-8734.
  2. ↑ Hansen, Henrik Jessen; Petersen, René Horsleben; Christensen, Merete (2010). “Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy using a standardized anterior approach”. Surgical Endoscopy. 25 (4): 1263–1269. doi:10.1007/s00464-010-1355-9. ISSN 0930-2794.

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