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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Isolated inflammatory pseudotumor of the CT signs in [Keywords:] isolated signs of inflammatory pseudotumor of CT Inflammatory pseudotumor of the increased incidence in recent years. Preoperative diagnosis of the disease difficult, especially with the identification of lung cancer, and even the application of FDG-PET is also difficult to identify 62.5% [1], so the correct diagnosis of inflammatory pseudotumor is solved problem. This retrospective analysis of 32 cases with complete data isolation of pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumor of the CT features and review of literature, in order to improve the diagnosis of inflammatory pseudotumor accuracy. 1 Materials and methods General Information Collected in January 2004 has been pathologically confirmed complete data in patients with inflammatory pseudotumor of the 32 patients, 24 males and 8 females, aged 33 to 70 years old, with a median age of 51.5 years. Clinical cough, bloody expectoration , chest pain, or no symptoms by the medical findings. CT scan method for the GE 16-slice spiral machine and SIEMENS 64-slice spiral CT CT, conventional scan in 7 cases, thickness 10 mm, plain and enhanced in 8 cases, thickness 10 mm, TLC in 17 cases, thickness 1 2 mm. 2 Results Site for the right upper lobe occurred in 8 cases, 4 cases of middle and lower lobe in 11 cases, 4 cases of left upper lobe, lower lobe in 5 cases. Lesion size 14 mm 18 mm ~ 59 mm 64 mm, an average of about 27 mm 36 mm.31 cases in the outer lung, including 24 cases associated with pleural broad-based, only 1 case of pulmonary lesions occurred in the zone. lesions were wedge-shaped in 11 cases, 3 cases of type round, flat mound in 6 cases, irregular 12 cases of .13-shaped uniform density cases, 19 patients uneven density, of which 16 cases seen within the liquefaction, necrosis or small bubble-like change, 3 punctate calcification within the see, and 8 within the see gas bronchogram, enhanced, real some