Assumed bronchial asthma emerges as an obstructive endobronchial fibroepithelial polyp
L Junker, S Lamm, M Tamm, D Lardinois · Pneumologie · 2009 · Heft 03
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A 39 year old female patient had an 18 months history of chronic dry cough and progressive exercise-induced dyspnoe. She was treated with inhalative budesonide and formoterol after having proven bronchial hyperreagibility in methacholin bronchoprovocation. Because of persistent symptoms oral corticosteroid therapy was given without improvement of symptoms. Physical examination revealed inspiratory rhonchi on the right side. The in- and expiratory curve in spirometry showed flattening – suggestive for endobronchial obstruction. Chest computed tomography showed an endobronchial mass in the right main bronchus. Fib…