Launois Bensaude syndrome is a benign, asymetric lipomatosis involving the upper back, shoulders, neck and arms. The disorder is usually asymptomatic although mediastinal lipomas, extrinsic compression of trachea, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome have been described. We report for the first time to our knowledge a case of Launois Bensaude syndrome with bronchial submucosal adiposis infiltration presenting as flask, smooth, begnin tumor like formation involving several bronchi.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report the case of a 32-year-old welder who developed a flu-like syndrome a few hours after founding zinc. The patient experienced fever, headache, muscle pain and dyspnea that resolved spontaneously with a few hours. The diagnosis of metal fume fever was retained.
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