GIANT INFLAMMATORY PSEUDOTUMOR OF THE LUNG MASQUERADING AS PLEURAL EFFUSION

Authors
SEN S KIRUBAKARAN C SEN N PONNAIYA J CHACKO J ZACHARIAH N MAMMEN KE
Citation
S. Sen et al., GIANT INFLAMMATORY PSEUDOTUMOR OF THE LUNG MASQUERADING AS PLEURAL EFFUSION, Pediatric surgery international, 9(4), 1994, pp. 277-278
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric surgery international → ACNP
ISSN journal
01790358
Volume
9
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
277 - 278
Database
ISI
SICI code
0179-0358(1994)9:4<277:GIPOTL>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We report a child with a mass lesion filling the entire left chest cav ity and presenting with clinical features of a left-sided pleural effu sion. The mass was excised with dramatic relief of symptoms. Histopath ologic examination revealed an inflammatory pseudotumour.