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Fig. 2 | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fig. 2

From: A case of pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor treated with bronchoscopic therapy plus lobectomy

Fig. 2

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. a: Low power view demonstrating intersecting fascicles of spindle cells in lung tissue associated with abundant vessels. b: Note abundant blood vessels in a myxoid stroma with loosened spindle cells, scattered lymphocytes and plasma cells. c: High power view showed spindle tumor cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm lack prominent nuclear atypia, though mitoses could be found. Tumour cells showed immunoreactivity for d: smooth muscle actin; e: Vimentin; and negativity for f: ALK

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