Korean J Med.
2014 Dec;87(6):733-737. 10.3904/kjm.2014.87.6.733.
Mass-forming Eosinophilic Infiltration Involving the Central Airway: A Case Report of Endobronchial Involvement of Eosinophilic Inflammation Mimicking Bronchogenic Malignancy
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, College of Medicine, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea. jhcmd@hanmail.net
- 2Department of Pathology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, College of Medicine, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea.
- KMID: 2269371
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3904/kjm.2014.87.6.733
Abstract
- We report a very unusual case of endobronchial involvement of eosinophilic inflammation. A 58-year-old woman visited our clinic complaining of cough. A chest computed tomography scan showed a poorly enhancing mass compressing both main bronchi in the subcarinal area. Bronchoscopy also showed stenosis of the two main bronchi with irregular mucosal thickening. A bronchoscopic endobronchial mucosal biopsy revealed eosinophilic inflammation without evidence of malignancy. The subcarinal mass disappeared after systemic steroid treatment. This is the first report of mass-forming eosinophilic infiltration involving the central airway mimicking primary lung cancer.
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