Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000; 48(2): 112-113
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-9865
Case Report
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Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Lung

B. Tunçözgür1 , H. Üstünsoy1 , K. Bakır2 , R. Uçak2 , L. Elbeyli1
  • 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,
  • 2Department of Pathology, Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Publikationsdatum:
31. Dezember 2000 (online)

Inflammatory pseudotumors of the lung are uncommon in the thoracic surgical literature. These masses resemble carcinoma of the lung radiographically and are discovered only at time the of histologic review of the resected specimen. We report a case of inflammatory pseudotumor that was excised without pulmonary resection, although it completely filled the right hemithorax. We think it was the greatest inflammatory pseudotumor in the English literature.

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Bülent Tunçözgür

Gaziantep University School of Medicine Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Kolejtepe 27070

Turkey

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