title: Fine-needle cytology of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung. Report of a case.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the lung is a rare condition that may mimic cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor discovered by a routine chest X-ray in a 26-year-old male patient, primarily diagnosed by fine needle aspiration biopsy. The clinical, cytopathological and differential diagnostic findings of this rare entity are briefly discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IMT may be diagnosed accurately on needle cytology samples, provided that other pseudoneoplastic and neoplastic entities can be excluded from its differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomorfologiche e Funzionali, Sezione di Citopatologia,Università di Napoli Federico II Napoli, Italia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fulciniti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vetrani
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cozzolino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Maietta
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cecere
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D016726:Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy