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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Aug 2012
Case ReportsInflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: a benign lesion with aggressive behavior.
- Sonia Ezzine-Baccari, Dhouha Bacha, Sélim Sassi, Maher Abouda, Hédia Ghrairi, Hassen Touinsi, and Sadok Sassi.
- Department of Surgery, General Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia. sonibac2000@yahoo.fr
- Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Aug 1; 60 (8): 531-3.
AbstractInflammatory 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.
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