Aggressive manifestations of inflammatory pulmonary pseudotumor in children

G L Hedlund; J F Navoy; C A Galliani; W H Johnson Jr

doi:10.1007/s002470050553

Aggressive manifestations of inflammatory pulmonary pseudotumor in children

Pediatr Radiol. 1999 Feb;29(2):112-6. doi: 10.1007/s002470050553.

Authors

G L Hedlund¹, J F Navoy, C A Galliani, W H Johnson Jr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatric Imaging, The Children's Hospital of Alabama, Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1600 7th Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.

PMID: 9933331
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050553

Abstract

We present three cases that illustrate the locally invasive radiographic appearance that inflammatory pulmonary pseudotumor can assume. Awareness and inclusion of inflammatory pseudotumor in the differential diagnosis of aggressive pleuropulmonary and mediastinal processes may have critical treatment implications.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anastomosis, Surgical
Biopsy, Needle
Bronchoscopy
Catheterization / adverse effects
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Progression
Echocardiography
Esophageal Perforation / etiology
Esophageal Perforation / surgery
Esophageal Stenosis / complications
Esophageal Stenosis / diagnosis
Esophageal Stenosis / therapy
Esophagus / injuries
Esophagus / surgery
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Mediastinal Diseases / complications
Mediastinal Diseases / diagnosis*
Mediastinal Diseases / surgery
Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / complications
Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / surgery
Pneumonectomy
Recurrence
Severity of Illness Index
Thoracotomy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed