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Chest X-ray revealing a rounded opacity in the right upper lobe.
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Chest radiograph revealed a 1.5 x 2 cm coin lesion in the posterior segment of the right upper lobe of the lung (Figure 1).
CT scan of the chest demonstrating the lesion in the posterior segment of the right upper lobe with central lucency.
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A computed tomographic (CT) scan of the chest confirmed the chest radiograph findings; a solid mass was noted in the posterior segment of the right upper lobe of the lung with an area of central lucency (Figure 2).
Photomicrograph demonstrating intra-alveolar myofibroblastic proliferation (organising pneumonia-like type).
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The histological characteristics were compatible with an inflammatory myofibroblastic pseudotumour (organising pneumonia-like type; Figure 3).