Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: a benign lesion with aggressive behavior.
Summary of "Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: a benign lesion with aggressive behavior."
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a rare solid tumor that most often affects children and young adults. They present as myofibroblastic cell proliferations accompanied by inflammatory cells made up mostly of plasma cells. Although benign, the tumor may be very aggressive locally. In this report we describe a 22-year-old woman with primary invasive myofibroblastic tumor of the left lower lobe leading to a left pneumonectomy.
Affiliation
Department of Surgery, General Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia, sonibac2000@yahoo.fr.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
ISSN: 1863-6713
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Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22669624
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11748-012-0039-x
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary
A tumor-like inflammatory lesion of the lung that is composed of PLASMA CELLS and fibrous tissue. It is also known as an inflammatory pseudotumor, often with calcification and measuring between 2 and 5 cm in diameter.
Sialometaplasia, Necrotizing
A benign, inflammatory, variably ulcerated, occasionally bilateral, self-healing lesion of the minor salivary glands that is often confused clinically and histologically with carcinoma.
Lung Injury
Damage to any compartment of the lung caused by physical, chemical, or biological agents which characteristically elicit inflammatory reaction. These inflammatory reactions can either be acute and dominated by NEUTROPHILS, or chronic and dominated by LYMPHOCYTES and MACROPHAGES.
Carcinoma, Lewis Lung
A carcinoma discovered by Dr. Margaret R. Lewis of the Wistar Institute in 1951. This tumor originated spontaneously as a carcinoma of the lung of a C57BL mouse. The tumor does not appear to be grossly hemorrhagic and the majority of the tumor tissue is a semifirm homogeneous mass. (From Cancer Chemother Rep 2 1972 Nov;(3)1:325) It is also called 3LL and LLC and is used as a transplantable malignancy.
Anthracosis
A diffuse parenchymal lung disease caused by accumulation of inhaled CARBON or coal dust. The disease can progress from asymptomatic anthracosis to massive lung fibrosis. This lung lesion usually occurs in coal miners, but can be seen in urban dwellers and tobacco smokers.
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