title: Fibroepithelial polyp of the bronchus: CT and histopathologic findings.
abstract: A fibroepithelial polyp of the bronchus is a rare, benign, and endobronchial tumor, histologically consisting of fibrovascular stroma covered by normal respiratory epithelium. We report a case of a fibroepithelial polyp arising from the left main bronchus. On CT, a characteristic lobulating contour of the endobronchial nodule was well visualized, which histopathologically represented a typical papillary growth pattern of the nodule. Such a lobulating contour of the nodule might help make a correct diagnosis of this rare disease among other various endobronchial neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
authors.forename: Hee
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Tae Sung
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Joungho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Hojoong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018225:Neoplasms, Fibroepithelial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011127:Polyps / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed