Inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung with rapid growth

Intern Med. 2009;48(15):1279-82. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2201. Epub 2009 Aug 3.

Abstract

A 58-year-old man presented with a nodule in the right lung. Initially, the chest CT showed a ground-glass shadow. However, the shadow had become a solid nodule one month later. Histological examination revealed it was an inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung and subsequent surgery showed it to be an organizing pneumonia type. This disease is rare and in most cases is considered to be slow growing. Chest CT findings in the early stages have not been reported previously. Therefore, the present case is noteworthy in that we could confirm the CT findings in the early stages of this disease with rapid growth.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / diagnosis
  • Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging
  • Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
  • Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / pathology
  • Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / surgery
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed