Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in lung with osteopulmonary arthropathy

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 122; no. 24; pp. 3094 - 3096
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yi, Dong, Zong-Jun, Zhi, Xiu-Yi, Liu, Lei, Hu, Mu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Department of Thoracic Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China 20.12.2009
• Subjects: Adult; Arthropathy, Neurogenic - etiology; Arthropathy, Neurogenic - immunology; Arthropathy, Neurogenic - pathology; Female; Granuloma, Plasma Cell - complications; Granuloma, Plasma Cell - immunology; Granuloma, Plasma Cell - pathology; Humans; Lung Neoplasms - complications; Lung Neoplasms - immunology; Lung Neoplasms - pathology; 关节病; 纤维母细胞; 组成部分; 细胞组成; 膜厚度; lung; rare pulmonary neoplasm; inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor; surgery
• ISSN: 0366-6999; 2542-5641
• DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.24.035

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor （IMT） is a rare disease that usually occurs in the lung. Recently,several reports have suggested that IMT is a true neoplasm rather than a reactive lesion. By definition, it is composed of spindle cells （myofibroblasts） with variable inflammatory component, hence the name is IMT. We report a patient of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in lung with osteopulmonary arthropathy.