Abstract
An 82-year-old woman suffered smoke inhalation injury caused by a fire. Daily examination of the tracheo-bronchial tree, and bronchial toilet were performed by fiberoptic bronchoscopy. The bronchial mucosal lesion of acute bronchial injury almost improved until day 20. A bronchial polyp was observed at day 22 and forceps biopsy and polypectomy were performed. Histologic examination of the polyp demonstrated benign granulation tissue. After the forceps polypectomy, recurrence of the inflammatory polyp was observed besied the site of the initially resected polyp at day 30. The early recurrence of inflammatory bronchial polyp in a patient with smoke inhalation injury is rare.
