title: Surgical outcome of inflammatory pseudotumor in the lung.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumors are rare, and little is known about their clinical behavior and surgical outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between 1993 and 2003, 19 patients with inflammatory pseudotumor were managed in our hospital. We retrospectively reviewed the clinical and radiographic features, as well as the surgical outcomes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 19 patients (15 men, 4 women; mean age 53.9 years), 6 underwent lobectomy, 11 had wedge resections, and 2 had biopsy alone. There was no recurrence of the lesion in the 17 patients who underwent resection or lobectomy of the pseudotumor. There was no disease progression in the 2 patients who had only had a biopsy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung is relatively benign. Complete resection leads to an excellent outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan - Republic of China. musclenet2003@yahoo.com.tw
authors.forename: C-H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: W-C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: H-C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: C-H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: T-Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016726:Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D012189:Retrospective Studies