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Refined Murine Model of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Published on: June 17, 2025
[Myofibroblastic inflammatory tumor of the lung]
I Pinilla1, Y Herrero, M I Torres
1Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España. i.pinilla@telefonica.net
Abstract:
Myofibroblastic inflammatory tumor is a controversial entity that shows great variability in clinical presentation, histological findings, evolution, and prognosis. It is a rare cause of primary lung tumor in adults; however, it is the most common cause of lung tumors in children. The diagnosis is fundamentally histological, although histological diagnosis is not easy because myofibroblastic inflammatory tumor is characterized by a polymorphic cellular infiltration of variable cellular composition that could be similar to other diseases such as lymphoma or low-grade sarcoma. We report the case of a 23-year-old woman in whom a solitary pulmonary nodule was discovered incidentally at plain-film chest x-ray.
