[Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung; report of a case]

A 24-year-old male admitted to our hospital with a pulmonary nodule detected by his chest X-ray and computed tomography (CT). His laboratory findings were within normal limits. Chest CT showed a 10 mm solitary nodule in the right lower lobe. Positron emission tomography showed moderately positive detection correspond to the nodule. We couldn't rule out a malignant tumor and performed partial resection of the right lower lobe. Pathological findings definitely revealed pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. This case was reported together with some reviews of the literature.