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Case Report
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Korean J Med. 2014;87(6):733-737. Published online December 1, 2014.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3904/kjm.2014.87.6.733
- 호산구성 염증을 동반한 기관지 협착이 폐암으로 오인된 증례 1예
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홍원정1, 박치영1, 고은정1, 조상호2, 정소영1, 정혜철1
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1차의과학대학교 내과학교실
2차의과학대학교 병리학교실
- Mass-forming Eosinophilic Infiltration Involving the Central Airway: A Case Report of Endobronchial Involvement of Eosinophilic Inflammation Mimicking Bronchogenic Malignancy
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Won-Jung Hong1, Chi Young Park1, Eun-Jung Ko1, Sang-Ho Cho2, So Young Chong1, Hye-Cheol Jeong1
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1Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, College of Medicine, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea
2Department of Pathology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, College of Medicine, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea
- Corresponding author: Hye-Cheol Jeong ,Tel: +82-31-780-6142, Fax: +82-31-780-2992, Email: jhcmd@hanmail.net
- Received: May 27, 2014; Revised: June 16, 2014 Accepted: June 27, 2014.
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- 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
