Endobronchial pseudo-tumour caused by herpes simplex

Authors

A Upadya, Bridgeport Hospital, Yale-New Haven Health, 267 Grant Street, Bridgeport, CT 06610-0120, USA. paupad@bpthosp.org
L Tilluckdharry
C D. Nagy
P Ravichandran
C Manthous

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

The European respiratory journal

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.

First Page

1117

Last Page

20

DOI

10.1183/09031936.05.00120904

Publication Date

6-1-2005

Recommended Citation

Upadya, A; Tilluckdharry, L; Nagy, C D.; Ravichandran, P; and Manthous, C, "Endobronchial pseudo-tumour caused by herpes simplex" (2005). Internal Medicine. 98.
https://scholar.bridgeporthospital.org/internal_medicine/98

Identifier

15929968 (pubmed); 10.1183/09031936.05.00120904 (doi); 25/6/1117 (pii)