Two Cases of Inflammatory Pseudotumor in Respiratory System.

Kim, Jae Gwon; Jeong, Nak Yong; Kim, Kwang Hyun; Kim, Hee Sun; Lee, Won Yeon; Yong, Suk Joong; Shin, Kye Chul; Yang, Seok Woo; Jeong, Soon Hee

doi:1999.46.3.394

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 46(3); 1999 > Article

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1999;46(3):394-401.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1999.46.3.394 Published online March 1, 1999.

Two Cases of Inflammatory Pseudotumor in Respiratory System.

Jae Gwon Kim, Nak Yong Jeong, Kwang Hyun Kim, Hee Sun Kim, Won Yeon Lee, Suk Joong Yong, Kye Chul Shin, Seok Woo Yang, Soon Hee Jeong

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
²Department of Pathology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.

Abstract

Inflammatory pseudotumor is a infrequent, benign tumor that affects at all ages and involves the lung, gastrointestinal tract, and salivary gland. They are the most common, isolated, primary lesion of the lung in children, and usually present as circumscribed, peripheral, parenchymal tumors or endobronchial tumors, which may be usually static or increase slowly in size without causing symptoms. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice because of the location and benign nature of this lesion. The prognosis after resection is excellent. Other therapeutic modalities include radiation and steroid therapy. We experienced two cases of inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung parenchyme and endobronchus. We report these cases with a review of literatures.

Key Words: Inflammatory pseudotumor, Endobronchus, Respiratory system