Abstract
A case of inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung in a 6-year-old boy is presented. The respiratory illness presented as a mycoplasma pneumonia and there had been a similar episode of mycoplasma pneumonia one and a half years previously. Computed tomography revealed a large, calcified right posterior mediastinal mass and exploratory thoracotomy revealed a large posterior mediastinal mass that had an endobronchial component and grew exophytically from the lung. The present case suggests that inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung can manifest as a mediastinal mass and could be associated with mycoplasma pneumonia infection.
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Kim, I., Kim, W.S., Yeon, K.M. et al. Inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung manifesting as a posterior mediastinal mass. Pediatr Radiol 22, 467–468 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02013516
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