Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of a Large Pleural Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor

We report a 48-year-old woman with a pleural pseudoneoplasm requiring different diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. After initial presentation with increasing dyspnoea, temperature, dry cough, and interscapular pain diagnostic processing showed a large mediastinal mass with marked pleural effusio...

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Main Authors: Judith Loeffler-Ragg, Johannes Bodner, Martin Freund, Michael Steurer, Christian Uprimny, Bettina Zelger, Christian M. Kähler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/102196