title: Multifocal intrathoracic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour in children.
abstract: Pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour is the most common benign pulmonary tumour in childhood; however it is seldom diagnosed radiologically. We report three cases of biopsy-proven inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour that presented as large aggressive intrathoracic masses mimicking a malignant process. Two cases also had multifocal areas of origin. The possibility of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour should be considered in a child presenting with a large aggressive pleuropulmonary mass lesion even with multifocal origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Assoc. SSK and KSC Hospitals, Connaught place, New Delhi 01, India. shailesh182@gmail.com
authors.forename: Shailesh M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Prabhu
authors.forename: Subhasis Roy
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: Ravi S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Solanki
authors.forename: Gurucharan S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Shetty
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed