[A case of inflammatory bronchial polyp associated with pulmonary and bronchial tuberculosis].
A 67-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of cough and sputum. Chest X-ray revealed cavity and consolidation in the right upper lobe. Microscopical examination of stained specimens of sputum disclosed acid-fast bacilli (Mycobacterium tuberculosis). Cough and sputum resolved and cultures of sputum did not yield M. tuberculosis a month after administration of antituberculosis agents. However, a mass shadow in the right upper lobe was found 3 months later. Bronchofiberscopy revealed a polyp with a stalk at the orifice of right upper bronchus, which was elastic, soft in consistency, smooth surfaced, and movable. The pathological findings of the polyp showed non-specific inflammatory granulation which suggested to be inflammatory bronchial polyp. It was appeared in the healing process of bronchial tuberculosis.
Nagai
H
H
Department of Respiratory Diseases, Tokyo National Chest Hospital, Japan.
Yoneda
R
R
Kawakami
K
K
Shishido
H
H
Kurashima
A
A
Mori
M
M
Katayama
T
T
Hebisawa
A
A
D000368:Aged; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008297:Male; D011127:Polyps / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*