Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung

Akshay Khatri, Abhinav Agrawal, Rutuja R. Sikachi, Dhruv Mehta, Sonu Sahni, Nikhil Meena

Producción científica: Review articlerevisión exhaustiva

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Resumen

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) of the lung, first reported in 1939, are considered a subset of inflammatory pseudo -tumors. They are a distinctive lesions composed of myofibroblastic spindle cells accompanied by an inflammatory infiltrate of plasma cells, lymphocytes, and eosinophils. IMTs may be benign, invade surrounding structures, undergo malignant transformation, recur or may even metastasize. They can occur due to a genetic mutation or can occur secondary to infectious or autoimmune diseases. Patients may be asymptomatic, or present with cough, hemoptysis, dyspnea, pleuritic pain, constitutional symptoms or pneumonia. In this article we review the pathophysiology, genetics, clinical presentation, imaging findings of IMT of the lung. We also discuss the various surgical and non-surgical treatment options and the prognosis associated with this disease.

Idioma originalEnglish (US)
Páginas (desde-hasta)27-35
Número de páginas9
PublicaciónAdvances in Respiratory Medicine
Volumen86
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublished - feb 28 2018
Publicado de forma externa

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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