title: Solitary squamous papilloma of the bronchus associated with human papilloma virus type 11.
abstract: A 79-year-old female presented with persistent dry cough, and a chest radiograph showed a mass shadow in the right upper lung. Bronchoscopic examination revealed that the right main bronchus was severely obstructed by a polypoid tumor, which was diagnosed pathologically as squamous papilloma. After the failure of the attempted endobronchial snare to remove the tumor, right upper lobectomy was performed. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) examination showed the presence of human papilloma virus type 11 DNA in the resected tumor, suggesting that this virus was the cause of this solitary squamous papilloma of the lung.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Kinki Central Hospital for Chest Diseases, Sakai.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matumura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sunami
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Naka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okishio
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atagi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogawara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hosoe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawahara
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010212:Papilloma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000150:complications*