Common Presentation of Uncommon Disease: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung, case report

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

Elsaid Lotfy¹  Lotfi Maghmoul²  Ayman Ghoneim³  Hameed Aljawad⁴  Ahmad Antar⁵  Safwat Eldaabossi⁵  Yasser Elghoneimy⁶ 

[1] Corresponding author. Pulmonology Consultant, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.;Department of Chest Diseases, Al Azhar Faculty of Medicine, Egypt;Cardiothoracic Consultant, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia;Hematology-Oncology Consultant, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia;Pulmonology Consultant, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia;Radiology Consultant, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia;

关键词: Lung mass;    Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor;    Lung cavity;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the lung is a rare lung tumor, accounting for 0.7% of all lung tumors. They are usually benign, but can invade surrounding structures, undergo malignant transformation, recur, or even metastasize. Case report: We report a 44-year-old adult diabetic male from Saudi Arabia who had been suffering from cough with severe sputum and left shoulder pain for 2 weeks. Chest radiography (X-ray and computed tomography (CT)) revealed the presence of a mass lesion in the left lower upper lobe with central cavitation. The diagnosis of inflammatory myofibroblast lung tumor was confirmed by histological and immunohistochemical examination of the CT guided lung biopsy. The patient was successfully treated with surgical resection of the tumor by left limited thoracotomy with safety margin, and IMT was also documented. Conclusion: A high degree of suspicion of a solitary pulmonary mass is required for diagnosis and management of an inflammatory myofibroblastic lung tumor. The clinical and radiologic presentation of an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is nonspecific and the diagnosis is rarely made before surgical biopsy. Histologic and immunohistochemical examination is usually required to confirm the diagnosis and prevent recurrence.

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