Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Lung

Inflammatory pseudotumors of the lung are uncommon in the thoracic surgical literature. These masses resemble carcinoma of the lung radiographically and are discovered only at time the of histologic review of the resected specimen. We report a case of inflammatory pseudotumor that was excised without pulmonary resection, although it completely filled the right hemithorax. We think it was the greatest inflammatory pseudotumor in the English literature.

Key words:

lnflammatory pseudotumor - Plasma-cell granuloma - Neoplasm of the lung

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