INFLAMMATORY BRONCHIAL TUMORS: REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Abstract

Within the past decade there has been sustained interest in the study of benign bronchial growths. The clinical stimuli have been afforded by (1) greater use of the bronchoscope in pulmonary conditions; (2) the urgent desire for effective therapeusis; (3) careful postmortem examination, and (4) increasing knowledge of the mechanical and biologic sequelae of these tumors. In this paper we shall present the striking clinical and pathologic protocols of a case of inflammatory bronchial polyp in an elderly man who came to postmortem examination. A review of the literature on primary benign bronchial tumors and inflammatory tumor-like masses is appended. REPORT OF CASE Clinical Protocol.—History: C. F., a white man aged 55, was admitted to the tuberculosis service on Dec. 9, 1935. He had had a cough at intermittent intervals for four years. This had become constant during the preceding year and at the time of admission was productive of