Inflammatory pseudotumour of the lung
| Autor: | Maruthi Vara Prasad, Vinayak Shukla, Roy Thankachen, Bhawna Parihar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Thorax medicine.medical_specialty Inflammatory pseudotumour Mass/lesion Lung medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Computed tomography Surgery Pneumonectomy medicine.anatomical_structure Biopsy medicine Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Posterolateral thoracotomy business |
| Zdroj: | Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 3:323-325 |
| ISSN: | 1569-9293 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.icvts.2003.11.018 |
| Popis: | Inflammatory pseudotumours of the lungs have rarely been reported. These have been described as a benign entity of unknown origin and are often locally invasive requiring extensive pulmonary resection. We present a 12-year-old boy with fever and massive haemoptysis who was found to have a well defined left-sided paracardiac mass lesion on chest X-ray and CT scan thorax. A CT-guided fine needle aspiration cytology was reported as inflammatory pseudotumour. As a result of recurrent episodes of massive haemoptysis during admission the child underwent an emergency left posterolateral thoracotomy and excision of the mass along with a left pneumonectomy. The biopsy of the mass was conclusive. Postoperatively the child was ventilated over night and was extubated the next day. He has been doing well on follow-up. Based on our case report and on other similar reports it would appear that the primary treatment of inflammatory pseudotumors of the lung is surgical. Complete resection is the key to prevent recurrence and the prognosis is excellent following surgery. |
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