[Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: histopathology and imaging findings].
- Resource Type
- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Poyraz N; Department of Radiology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Ankara, Turkey.; Yazar ME; Department of Radiology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Ankara, Turkey.; Kılınç F; Department of Medical Pathology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Ankara, Turkey.; Korkmaz C; Department of Chest Diseases, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Ankara, Turkey.; Altınok T; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Ankara, Turkey.
- Source
- Publisher: İstiklâl Matbaacılık ve Gazetecilik Koll. Ort Country of Publication: Turkey NLM ID: 0417364 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 0494-1373 (Print) Linking ISSN: 04941373 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Tuberk Toraks Subsets: MEDLINE
- Subject
- Language
- Turkish
- ISSN
- 0494-1373
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a neoplasia of unknown clinical etiology that clinically and radiologically tends to mimic a malignant neoplasm. The tumor is histologically composed of a mixture of inflammatory cells, myofibroblastic spindle cells and plasma cells. It can occur in any part of the body. Although pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is the most common primary lung mass especially in childhood, this entity is usually not considered in differential diagnosis of lung nodules or masses. In this article, we aimed to disscus the pathology and imaging findings of the pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor and increase the familiarity of radiologists and clinicians to this entity.