Abstract

We report an unusual case of endobronchial inflammatory polyp in a 36-year-old woman who presented with a history of dyspnea, in­termittent cough, wheeze and recurrent infections. She had been treated for bronchial asthma for three years but never recovered. The right lower lobe was totally atelectatic at computed tomog­raphy of the thorax. Bronchoscopic biopsy taken from the obstruc­tive lesion did not lead to specific diagnosis. An exploratory surgi­cal resection was performed and a diagnosis of endobronchial inf­lammatory polyp was made histopathologically. The etiology could not be identified. Six months after the resection, the patient fully recovered and did not suffer from asthmatic complaints.