A Case of Bronchial Inflammatory Polyp, Successfully Treated with Ethanol Injection

Abstract

A bronchial inflammatory polyp originating from the stump of the right upper bronchus was treated with ethanol injection. Right upper and middle lobectomy for hamartoma of the lung was performed in a 74-year-old male in 1981. Five years later, he developed bloody sputum. Bronchofiberscopic findings revealed an inflammatory polyp originating from the stump of the right upper lobe bronchus. Since the lesion was not severe, the patient did not undergo any treatment. When he was readmitted with stridor and bloody sputum in 1991, bronchofiberscopic findings showed an enlarged polyp obstructing the right main bronchus. He was successfully treated with ethanol injection without any complications.