Therapeutic endobronchial resection of a benign tumor in a patient with cystic fibrosis

Sophie Gohy; Delphine Hoton; Antoine Froidure

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2325

Therapeutic endobronchial resection of a benign tumor in a patient with cystic fibrosis

Clin Case Rep. 2019 Aug 22;7(10):1900-1902. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2325. eCollection 2019 Oct.

Authors

Sophie Gohy^{1

2}, Delphine Hoton³, Antoine Froidure¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonology Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, UCL Brussels Belgium.
² Cystic Fibrosis Reference Center Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, UCL Brussels Belgium.
³ Department of Pathology Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, UCL Brussels Belgium.

Abstract

This report highlights the usefulness of bronchoscopy in case of recurrent pneumonia with the same localization even in CF patients where the presence of bronchiectasis as promoting factor of infections could delay the diagnosis.

Keywords: cystic fibrosis; endobronchial polyp; endobronchial resection; rigid bronchoscopy.

Publication types

Case Reports