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http://dx.doi.org/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  

Hong, Won-Jung (Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, College of Medicine, CHA University)
Park, Chi Young (Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, College of Medicine, CHA University)
Ko, Eun-Jung (Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, College of Medicine, CHA University)
Cho, Sang-Ho (Department of Pathology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, College of Medicine, CHA University)
Chong, So Young (Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, College of Medicine, CHA University)
Jeong, Hye-Cheol (Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, College of Medicine, CHA University)
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The Korean Journal of Medicine / v.87, no.6, 2014 , pp. 733-737 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
eosinophils; Subcarinal mass; Bronchial stenosis;
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