[Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung; report of a case].
A 24-year-old male admitted to our hospital with a pulmonary nodule detected by his chest X-ray and computed tomography (CT). His laboratory findings were within normal limits. Chest CT showed a 10 mm solitary nodule in the right lower lobe. Positron emission tomography showed moderately positive detection correspond to the nodule. We couldn't rule out a malignant tumor and performed partial resection of the right lower lobe. Pathological findings definitely revealed pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. This case was reported together with some reviews of the literature.
Saito
K
K
Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Oda
M
M
Matsumoto
I
I
Yachi
T
T
Imagawa
T
T
Nakanuma
S
S
Yamamoto
Y
Y
Watanabe
G
G
Zen
Y
Y
D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult