Pneumonectomy for bronchial primary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor with bronchial growth

Abstract

We report a rare case of primary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor with bronchial obstruction. A 75-year-old man was admitted with productive cough and exertional dyspnea, and was diagnosed with pneumonia. He was referred to our hospital after antibiotic treatment was ineffective. Based on bronchoscopic biopsy, we diagnosed him with lung cancer T3N0M0 stage IIB.

We performed thoracotomy left pneumonectomy, and the postoperative histopathologial diagnosis was an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. The postoperative course was uneventful, and he has been relapse-free for 1 year.