TY - JOUR T1 - Endobronchial pseudo-tumour caused by herpes simplex JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 1117 LP - 1120 DO - 10.1183/09031936.05.00120904 VL - 25 IS - 6 AU - A. Upadya AU - L. Tilluckdharry AU - C. D. Nagy AU - P. Ravichandran AU - C. Manthous Y1 - 2005/06/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/25/6/1117.abstract N2 - Herpes simplex virus (HSV) causes tracheobronchitis and pneumonitis; however, to date, there has only been one report of an endobronchial mass caused by HSV type II. This case study describes a 68-yr-old female with severe kyphoscoliosis who was intubated for acute on chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure and developed blood-tinged endotracheal secretions. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy demonstrated an endobronchial mass in the right middle lobe. Cultures grew HSV type I and biopsy specimens demonstrated cytopathological changes consistent with HSV infection. This is the first reported case of HSV type I presenting as an endobronchial tumour. ER -