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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:2353-2356
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

A Giant Endobronchial Inflammatory Polyp

Ibrahim Dinçer, MD a , Adalet Demir, MD a , * , Hasan Akin, MD a , Huseyin Melek, MD a , Sedat Altin, MD b

a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yedikule Teaching Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
b Department of Chest Diseases, Yedikule Teaching Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey

Accepted for publication July 14, 2004.

* Address correspondence to Dr Demir, Yuzyil Mah. Kisla Cad. Yesil Zengibar Sitesi, A-3, Blok D:9 Bagcilar, Istanbul, Turkey (Email: dradalet{at}hotmail.com).

Bronchial inflammatory polyps are defined as tumor-like lesions. They are usually related to chronic inflammatory processes in the adult. Because they may cause complications, they should be surgically removed. A 55-year-old male patient had been followed for recurrent pulmonary infections for 40 years. His main symptoms were orthopnea and hemoptysis upon admission to our hospital. A chest computerized tomography (CT) revealed bronchiectasis located at the right middle lobe and lower lobe and obstruction of the main bronchus at the level of carina. In bronchoscopy a mobile polypoid pinkish lesion protruding to the trachea was observed. We performed an inferior bilobectomy. The pathological examination revealed an endobronchial fibroepithelial polyp. The presence of a giant endobronchial polyp with chronic respiratory symptoms over an extended period of time and the rarity of information pertaining to these lesions in the literature provoked intrigue and constituted a worthy presentation.




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