Invasive Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Lung
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung.
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) of the lung, first reported in 1939, are considered a subset of inflammatory pseudo -tumors. They are a distinctive lesions composed of myofibroblastic spindle cells accompanied by an inflammatory infiltrate of plasma cells, lymphocytes, and eosinophils. IMTs may be benign, invade surrounding structures, undergo malignant transformation, recur or may ev...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Thoracic Oncology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1556-0864
DOI: 10.1097/jto.0b013e3181a76e28