Endobronchial pseudo-tumour caused by herpes simplex. |
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Authors: | A Upadya L Tilluckdharry C D Nagy P Ravichandran C Manthous |
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Institution: | Bridgeport Hospital, Yale-New Haven Health, 267 Grant Street, Bridgeport, CT 06610-0120, USA. paupad@bpthosp.org |
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Abstract: | Herpes simplex virus (HSV) causes tracheobronchitis and pneumonitis; however, to date, there has only been one report of an endobronchial mass caused by HSV type II. This case study describes a 68-yr-old female with severe kyphoscoliosis who was intubated for acute on chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure and developed blood-tinged endotracheal secretions. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy demonstrated an endobronchial mass in the right middle lobe. Cultures grew HSV type I and biopsy specimens demonstrated cytopathological changes consistent with HSV infection. This is the first reported case of HSV type I presenting as an endobronchial tumour. |
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