Corticosteroids in the management of unresected plasma cell granuloma (inflammatory pseudotumor) of the lung.
The case of a 10-year-old girl with plasma cell granuloma of the lung and an associated hypergammaglobulinemia is reported. A thoracotomy and biopsy were done. Total resection would have required a pneumonectomy. She was treated with an immunosuppressive course of prednisone, which resulted in a reversal of the infiltrative process and the hypergammaglobulinemia.
Department of Surgery, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8191.
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Doski
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Priebe
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Driessnack
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Smith
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Kane
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Romero
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis; D016726:Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011859:Radiography
D007136:Immunoglobulins; D011241:Prednisone