title: Inflammatory endotracheal polyp resolved after antibiotic treatment.
abstract: We describe a rare case of asymptomatic inflammatory endotracheal polyp resolved by antibiotic treatment. Histological examination of biopsy specimens showed an inflammatory polyp consisting of fibrovascular stroma and sparse lymphocyte infiltration. The size of the polyp was unchanged during 3 months without any treatment and its etiology was unclear. Although a bacterial organism was never proven, the polyp decreased remarkably under treatment with an oral antibiotic (ciprofloxacin) and did not recur for 6 months. Antibiotic treatment may be of value for inflammatory tracheobronchial polyps in cases of unclear etiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shijubo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011127:Polyps / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D002939:Ciprofloxacin