Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: recurrence after steroid treatment.
We report a case of a patient with inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung, which recurred after steroid treatment. The diagnosis of the tumor was confirmed by a core needle lung biopsy and pathology. The patient was initiated on steroid therapy, which on complete response was slowly tapered and discontinued. Few months later, the patient presented with dyspnea again. Chest radiography and computed tomography scans depicted recurrence at the tumor resection site in the right lobe of lung and a new tumor in the left lower lobe. Restarting the steroid therapy, led to regression of the tumors at both sites. This is a rare case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor recurring poststeroid therapy and adds to the current clinical knowledge about this peculiar manifestation of this disease entity.
Schaeffer
Christopher J
CJ
Section of Thoracic Imaging, Division of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Minai
Omar A
OA
Sharma
Nidhi
N
Kanne
Jeffrey P
JP
Mohammed
Tan-Lucien H
TL
D004417:Dyspnea / Q000150:complications; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D013256:Steroids