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A case of bronchocentric granulomatosis

Bir bronkosentrik granülomatozis olgusu

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264–266
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We decided to present this bronchocentric granulomatosis case, as it is a rare clinical condition and we think that it should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of mass lesions.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Bronchocentric granulomatosis is not a specific clinical syndrome, but a rare pathologic condition diagnosed by morphologic criteria.
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Key Findings & Data:Our case is a 40-year-old male patient, with a smoking history of 60 pack-years and he has been breeding pigeons for 15 years.
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Conclusion & Impact:We decided to present this bronchocentric granulomatosis case, as it is a rare clinical condition and we think that it should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of mass lesions.
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⚙️Variables:Biyopsi · ince-iğne · Astım

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Bronchocentric granulomatosis is not a specific clinical syndrome, but a rare pathologic condition diagnosed by morphologic criteria. In our case, the diagnosis was also made by open lung biopsy. Our case is a 40-year-old male patient, with a smoking history of 60 pack-years and he has been breeding pigeons for 15 years. He presented to our clinic with complaints of productive cough and right side pain. PA chest radiograph and chest CT scan revealed a mass with a diameter of 3 cm in the upper lobe of the right lung. A neoplastic lesion was suspected. His bronchoscopy findings were not specific and a specific diagnosis could not be made by transthoracic fine needle aspiration biopsy. Bronchoscopic specimens, sputum and their cultures were negative for tuberculosis. An open lung biopsy was performed for diagnosis and biopsy revealed a foci of necrotizing granulomatous inflammation with central abcess formation. There were no signs of a fungal infection. We decided to present this bronchocentric granulomatosis case, as it is a rare clinical condition and we think that it should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of mass lesions.

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Bronkosentrik granülomatozis, özgün bir klinik sendrom olmayıp, tanısı morfolojik kriterlere dayanan, nadir görülen bir hastalıktır. Bizim olgumuzda da tanı açık akciğer biyopsisiyle konuldu. Olgumuz 40 yaşında bir erkekti. Altmış paket- yıl sigara anamnezi vardı ve 15 yıldır güvercin besliyordu. Kliniğimize öksürük, balgam çıkarma ve sağ yan ağrısı şikâyetiyle başvurdu. Posteroanterior akciğer grafisi ve toraks bilgisayarlı tomografisinde sağ akciğer üst lobda yaklaşık 3 cm boyutunda, kitle görünümünde lezyon izleniyordu. Ön tanısında yaşı ve anamnez özelliklerine dayanarak öncelikle neoplastik oluşum düşünülen olgunun bronkoskopisinde özellik yoktu ve transtorasik ince iğne aspirasyon biyopsisiyle tanı konulamadı. Alınan tüm bronkoskopik örnekler, balgamlar ve bunların kültürleri tüberküloz açısından negatif olarak sonuçlandı. Tanı amaçlı açık akciğer biyopsisi uygulanan hastanın patoloji sonucu periferik havayollarında, ortası abseleşen nekrotizan granülomatöz iltihap odakları olarak geldi. Mantar infeksiyonu yönünden bulguya rastlanmadı. Olguyu, nadir görülen bir klinik durum olması ve kitlesel lezyonların ayırıcı tanısında akılda tutulması gerektiğini düşündüğümüzden sunmak istedik.

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SEÇİK, F., DALAR, L., SARIYILDIZ, S., ÖZEL, M., HACIİBRAHİMOĞLU, G., AYDOĞMUŞ, Ü., BÜYÜKPINARBAŞLI, N., POLUMAN, A., BEDİRHAN, M. A. (2005). A case of bronchocentric granulomatosis. Toraks Dergisi, Cilt: 6 - Sayı: 3, 264–266. https://ajindex.com/articles/368163

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