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KMID : 0882420140870060733
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2014 Volume.87 No. 6 p.733 ~ p.737
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Mass-forming Eosinophilic Infiltration Involving the Central Airway: A Case Report of Endobronchial Involvement of Eosinophilic Inflammation Mimicking Bronchogenic Malignancy
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Hong Won-Jung
Park Chi-Young
Ko Eun-Jung
Cho Sang-Ho
Chong So-Young
Jeong Hye-Cheol
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Abstract
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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.
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KEYWORD
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Eosinophils, Subcarinal mass, Bronchial stenosis
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