Pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumor causing lung collapse responding to corticosteroid therapy

Pulmonary Inflammatory Pseudotumor

Pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumor is a relatively rare benign tumor located in the lungs but could occur in the mesentry, greater omentum, liver, bladder and upper respiratory tract. Most of the patients are under 40 years of age and complain mainly of non-specific symptoms. Lesions are shown as pulmonary nodules or masses in which the border can be characteristically well distinguished on X-r...

Complete Long-Term Remission of an Inflammatory Pseudotumor under Corticosteroid Therapy

Inflammatory pseudotumors (IPT) form a group of etiologically, histologically, and biologically heterogeneous tumefactive lesions that are histologically characterized by prominent inflammatory infiltrates. IPT has been described in various organs including the lungs, bladder, liver, spleen, heart, and others. It may mimic a malignant tumor clinically and radiologically. We report a case of a 2...

Prolactinoma during pregnancy causing compression symptoms responding to bromocriptine therapy.

A woman with pituitary macroadenoma causing pressure symptoms and a partial right third cranial nerve palsy during pregnancy is described. Complete resolution occurred using oral bromocriptine therapy alone and the remainder of the pregnancy was uneventful.

Collapse Therapy of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Liver

Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver is a focal mass consisting proliferation of plasma cells and other inflammatory cells. This rare disease should be . included in differential diagnosis in patients with hepatic mass in imaging studies, which to avoid surgery. Case Report. A 49 years old woman admitted in Shohada Hospital with epigastric pain the imaging studies was done (U.S.-C. T). Two S...