Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Entire Left Lung: 1 operative case report.
- Author:
Yang Bin JEON
1
;
Jae Hoon LEE
;
Soo Ho YANG
;
Hyuck KIM
;
Won Sang JUNG
;
Chul Bum LEE
;
Jung Ho KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University Medical Center, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Atelectasis;
Pulmonary tuberculosis;
Pneumonia
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Dronabinol;
Equidae;
Follow-Up Studies;
Granuloma, Plasma Cell*;
Humans;
Lung*;
Outpatients;
Pneumonia;
Pulmonary Atelectasis;
Sepsis;
Tuberculosis;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1997;30(4):437-440
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A case of inflammatory pseudotumor of the entire lung In a 61-ycar-old man is prcscntcd. The respiratory symptoms developed 2 months ago and progressed rapidly and the diagnosis of chronic pneumonia with ateletectasis of the entire lung, destroyed lung by tuberculosis and sepsis hAd to be ruled out The operative finding was different from our expectation. This case suggests that the Inflammatory pseudotumor can manifest as a whole lung-involving ass. Inflammatory pseudotumor is a nonneoplastic reactive pulmonary mass lesion that resembles tumor but shows little or no growth. Thc inflammatory pseudotufor usually present as a solitary round lung mass but in this casts progressed rapidly and destroyed the whole lung,which is rare. The patient was discharged with no problem and with outpatient followup.
