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Yan-Bin Chen¹, Jun-Hong Jiang¹, Ling-Chuan Guo²

¹a Department of Respiratory Medicine , the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University , Suzhou , China.

The Journal of Asthma : Official Journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma

|May 5, 2016

Abstract

Introduction:

Tracheal papilloma presenting as asthma is a rare occurrence.

Case Study:

We report a case of a 32-year-old male patient who presented with features of asthma. Flexible bronchoscopy demonstrated a large growth arising from the lower end of the trachea. Successful treatment using snare loop and argon plasma coagulation (APC) of the polyploidal growth was performed via flexible bronchoscope.

Results:

The patient had immediate relief of airway obstruction and histopathological examination of the neoplasm demonstrated features of papilloma.

Conclusion:

Primary tracheal papilloma is mimicker of asthma, CT scan should be considered in patients with persistent chronic cough, or stridor. Endoscopic papillectomy is a safe and effective treatment and should be considered as first-line therapy for tracheal papilloma.

Keywords:

Tracheal neoplasm asthma interventional pulmonology papilloma

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