Inflammatory pseudotumors of the lung.
Two unusual cases of inflammatory pseudotumors in young female patients are described. One presented with massive hemoptysis and a solitary circumscribed mass treated with urgent lobectomy. The second presented initially with cough and a small right lower lobe mass. She presented again, 8 years later, with a lung mass so expanded as to necessitate a pneumonectomy with partial resection of surrounding structures. Both cases indicate the need for early and complete removal of the inflammatory pseudotumors.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed