PMC7683262_01
CT chest scan: A solitary nodule of posterobasal segment of the right lower lobe measuring 2 cm long axis with eccentric calcifications.
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Chest computed tomography (CT) showed a solitary nodule of right posterobasal segment, measuring 2 cm long axis with eccentric calcifications and without lymph node (Fig. 1).
Lung tissue shows a pauci-cellular tumor on a fibrous background with calcification. Spindle cells show minimal cytological atypia admixed with chronic inflammatory infiltrate composed of lymphocytes and plasma cells. (A: HEx40, B: HEx100).
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Wedge resection was performed, and histological examination revealed the diagnosis of an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung (Fig. 2).