[Myofibroblastic inflammatory tumor of the lung].
Myofibroblastic inflammatory tumor is a controversial entity that shows great variability in clinical presentation, histological findings, evolution, and prognosis. It is a rare cause of primary lung tumor in adults; however, it is the most common cause of lung tumors in children. The diagnosis is fundamentally histological, although histological diagnosis is not easy because myofibroblastic inflammatory tumor is characterized by a polymorphic cellular infiltration of variable cellular composition that could be similar to other diseases such as lymphoma or low-grade sarcoma. We report the case of a 23-year-old woman in whom a solitary pulmonary nodule was discovered incidentally at plain-film chest x-ray.
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Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España. i.pinilla@telefonica.net
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016726:Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography