A Case of Growing Endobronchial Glandular Papilloma.

Choi, Byung Jin; Hwang, Jin Won; Jung, Jae Hyun; Lee, Seung Heon; Lee, Young Min; Jung, Soo Jin; Song, Jong Woon; Kim, Hyun Dong; Lee, Hyun Kyung

doi:2009.67.2.131

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 67(2); 2009 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2009;67(2):131-134.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2009.67.2.131 Published online August 1, 2009.

A Case of Growing Endobronchial Glandular Papilloma.

Byung Jin Choi, Jin Won Hwang, Jae Hyun Jung, Seung Heon Lee, Young Min Lee, Soo Jin Jung, Jong Woon Song, Hyun Dong Kim, Hyun Kyung Lee

¹Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan Paik Hospital, Inje University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea. goodoc@gmail.com
²Department of Pathology, Pusan Paik Hospital, Inje University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
³Department of Radiology, Pusan Paik Hospital, Inje University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
⁴Department of Rehabilitation, Pusan Paik Hospital, Inje University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.

Abstract

Pulmonary papillomas are rare benign epithelial neoplasms arising in bronchial surface epithelium. They are categorized by a variety of cell types including squamous, glandular, and mixed squamous and glandular type. Among them, glandular papilloma is extremely rare and has not been reported in Korea. The patient was a 52 year-old man presenting with a 4-months' history of recurrent hemoptysis. Bronchofiberoscopy revealed a whitish, glistening, and polypoid mass lesion at the proximal bronchus in the basal segment of the left lower lung. Bronchoscopic biopsy was performed; papillary fronds lined by ciliated or nonciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium were noted on histologic findings. We present the first case of glandular papilloma in Korea. Two years later, the patient visited our hospital again due to hemoptysis. On follow-up bronchoscopy, a mass that had been found previously showed an increase in size.

Key Words: Glandular papilloma, Endobronchial, Hemoptysis