Giant endobronchial inflammatory polyp

Inflammatory endobronchial polyp is a rare disease mostly encountered
in asthmatic patients. Chronic airway and foreign
material irritation or thermal injury may result in the formation
of granulated tissues and become polypoid mass. Herein, we
describe a 52-year-old man with severe respiratory distress and
infection with 35 years history of smoking. He had an obstructive
pattern in his pulmonary function tests and severe bronchiectasis
of right lower lobe that responded well to lobectomy
with polypectomy. Pathologic examination revealed large endobronchial
polyp 9x2 cm obstructing right and left bronchi and
right lower lobe bronchiectasis. Such large inflammatory endobronchial
polyp has rarely been presented in literature