A rare tumor of the lung: inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a rare benign lesion whose tumor origin is now proven. It represents 0.7% of all lung tumors. We report the case of a three-year-old child who suffered from a chronic cough with recurrent respiratory infections. Chest X-ray and computed tomography revealed the p...

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Autores principales: Hammas, Nawal, Chbani, Laila, Rami, Mohammed, Boubbou, Meryem, Benmiloud, Sara, Bouabdellah, Youssef, Tizniti, Siham, Hida, Mustapha, Amarti, Afaf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3482609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22805416
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-7-83
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Sumario:Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a rare benign lesion whose tumor origin is now proven. It represents 0.7% of all lung tumors. We report the case of a three-year-old child who suffered from a chronic cough with recurrent respiratory infections. Chest X-ray and computed tomography revealed the presence of a left lower lobe lung mass. After pneumonectomy, histological examination combined with immunohistochemical study discovered an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. The virtual slide(s) for this article can be found here: http://www.diagnosticpathology.diagnomx.eu/vs/8722069326962972.

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