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A rare benign tumor of the lung: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor – Case report
A fifty year old lady who was operated for thyroid cancer two years ago and completed adjuvant therapy, underwent a computer tomography (CT) of the chest during her follow up. The CT showed a mass lesion in the right lung, located to the lateral segment of the middle lobe. There were no intrabronchi...
Autores principales: | , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3920374/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029612 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2013.01.001 |
Sumario: | A fifty year old lady who was operated for thyroid cancer two years ago and completed adjuvant therapy, underwent a computer tomography (CT) of the chest during her follow up. The CT showed a mass lesion in the right lung, located to the lateral segment of the middle lobe. There were no intrabronchial lesions on bronchoscopy. Positron emission CT (PET CT) showed a dense hypermetabolic mass located in the right middle lobe lateral segment and having malignant characteristics. A videothorascopic wedge resection was performed and the specimen was sent for frozen section, which showed no evidence of malignancy. Pathology report revealed an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT). Since IMT is a rare benign tumor of the lung, we herein report this patient along with a discussion of the relevant literature. |
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