[A case of inflammatory bronchial polyp under treatment of tuberculosis]

A 76-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of pulmonary tuberculosis. He was treated by antituberculosis drugs. Four months later, bronchoscopic examination revealed three polypoid tumors. One of them was a small polypoid lesion with the pus containing acid-fast bacilli. The others were smooth surfaced black polypoid tumors without pus. Although biopsy specimens from these tumors showed a non-specific inflammatory change, the former could be considered as a tuberculous change. Four months later, the polypoid tumors disappeared and anthracosis was found at the site of black polypoid tumors. It is suggested that a polypoid tumor with tuberculous findings was in the earlier stage than the other tumors during the healing process of bronchial tuberculosis.