Open AccessInflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of lung in an adult female—a rare case
Author(s) -
Suranjan Haldar,
Swarnendu Datta,
Mohammad Zahid Hossain,
Ushnish Chakrabarty,
Mrinal Pal,
Kallol Dasbaksi,
Saumik Saha,
Minhajuddin Khurram,
D Mukhopadhyay
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery/indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 0973-7723
pISSN - 0970-9134
DOI - 10.1007/s12055-018-0707-2
Subject(s) - histopathology , cardiothoracic surgery , medicine , soft tissue , lung , cardiac surgery , vascular surgery , pathology , surgery
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor occurs primarily in the viscera and soft tissue of children and young adults. This tumor is potentially malignant because of its tendency for local recurrence and its ability to metastasize. It is composed of a variable mixture of collagen, inflammatory cells, and usually bland spindle cells showing myofibroblastic differentiation. We report a 38-year-old female diagnosed with inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor preoperatively and has undergone right upper and middle lobectomy through fifth intercostal space for the same. Post-operative histopathology corroborated with preoperative diagnosis.