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Fig. 12

From: Central airway pathology: clinic features, CT findings with pathologic and virtual endoscopy correlation

Fig. 12

Inflammatory pseudotumour in the left main bronchus of a 50-year-old male, with a history of cough and wheeze for about 6 months. (i) Axial MDCT scan in the pulmonary window, showing a partially occlusive endobronchial nodule, located on the left main bronchus. (ii) Bronchoscopic image shows a hypervascular lesion, obstructing 95% of the bronchial lumen of the left main bronchus. Final diagnosis was made after resection. (iii) Photomicrograph (original magnification, ×4; haematoxylin-eosin stain) demonstrates an inflammatory infiltrate, composed mainly of myofibroblasts, characteristic of inflammatory pseudotumour

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