Tuberc Respir Dis.
1999 Mar;46(3):394-401.
Two Cases of Inflammatory Pseudotumor in Respiratory System
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
- 2Department of Pathology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
Abstract
- Inflammatory pseudotumor is a infrequent, benign tumor that affects at all ages and involves the lung, gastrointestinal tract, and salivary gland. They are the most common, isolated, primary lesion of the lung in children, and usually present as circumscribed, peripheral, parenchymal tumors or endobronchial tumors, which may be usually static or increase slowly in size without causing symptoms. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice because of the location and benign nature of this lesion. The prognosis after resection is excellent. Other therapeutic modalities include radiation and steroid therapy. We experienced two cases of inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung parenchyme and endobronchus. We report these cases with a review of literatures.
