An Endobronchial Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor Treated by Modified Left One-stoma-type Carinoplasty

Abstract

Endobronchial inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a rare primary lung disease. A 39-year-old woman with dyspnea and a productive cough underwent complete surgical resection of a small-sized inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor that invaded the left main bronchus and the carina with lung-saving modified left one-stoma-type carinoplasty. We report this case with a review of literature.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: a rare tumor of the lung

“…Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare lesion, representing 0.04–1.2% of all lung tumors ( 1 , 2 ). Brunn first described it in 1939, but its etiology remains uncertain ( 3 , 4 ).…”