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(Chest. 1974;66:102-104.)
© 1974 American College of Chest Physicians

Giant Bronchial Polyp Treated by Emergency Thoracotomy

Frederick K. Vontz M.D., F.C.C.P.1 and Brian H. Vitsky M.D.2

1 Chief, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida
2 Section of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and the Department of Pathology, Baptist Memorail Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida

An unusual giant bronchial polyp of the right upper lobe is reported which produced sudden life-threatening airway obstruction in a man who had become dyspneic shortly before admission. The pedunculated tumor had suddenly prolapsed into the opposite stem bronchus. Immediate thoracotomy without prior endoscopic examination was chosen deliberately to avoid further compromise of the already dangerously limited in detail and the etiology of this lesion is discussed. To our knowledge such a giant bronchial polyp has not been reported previously.






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