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A Rare Aetiology Of Respiratory Failure In A 10-Year-Old Boy: Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumour., Ali Khawaja, Prem Kumar Maheshwar, Anwarul Haque, Ali Bin Sarwar Zubairi

Department of Medicine

Primary neoplasms of the respiratory tract are rarely encountered in the paediatric population. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour (IMT) is a rare soft tissue mesenchymal tumour but a distinct disease entity accounting for less than 1% of all primary lung tumours. We report a case of a 10-year-old boy who presented with respiratory failure and left lung collapse. On flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy, a pedunculated mass in the lower part of the trachea originating from the left main stem bronchus was identified. The patient subsequently underwent a left-sided pneumonectomy with complete resection of the mass. The histopathological analysis was consistent with IMT. Two …