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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-9-18
pubmed:abstractText
Inflammatory pseudotumors of the lung are rare in adults. We treated 7 patients with such tumors and describe the histological evidence, radiographic findings, and surgical treatment. In 5 patients, lung cancer was suspected preoperatively on the basis of the radiographic findings. Intraoperatively, the gross appearance of the pleura resembled lung cancer in 6 patients; the parietal pleura was involved in 3, and pleural indentation was present in the other 3. Two patients underwent partial resection, as the frozen section revealed a benign tumor, and 5 patients underwent lobectomy for what appeared to be lung cancer or a large mass. All of the patients are doing well without other therapy. We believe the lesion should be differentiated from lung cancer at operation by frozen sections, even though this proved pertinent in only 2 of the 7 patients. Limited resection is recommended if the lesion is an inflammatory pseudotumor.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0003-4975
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
90-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung in adults: radiographic and clinicopathological analysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article