Fibroepithelial Polyp of the Bronchus: CT and Histopathologic Findings.
10.3348/kjr.2012.13.3.355
- Author:
Hee KANG
1
;
Tae Sung KIM
;
Joungho HAN
;
Hojoong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Korea. tskim.kim@samsung.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Fibroepithelial polyp;
Bronchial-bronchus-computed tomography
- MeSH:
Bronchial Neoplasms/pathology/*radiography;
Bronchoscopy;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Neoplasms, Fibroepithelial/pathology/*radiography;
Polyps/pathology/*radiography;
*Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2012;13(3):355-357
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.