title: Inflammatory pseudotumour of the trachea: report of a case in an eight-year-old child.
abstract: A polypoid inflammatory pseudotumour was diagnosed in the trachea of an eight-year-old child who presented with asthmatic symptoms. The tumour showed 80 per cent blockage of the lower trachea and consisted of proliferating spindly fibroblastic cells admixed with a variable number of inflammatory cells. The literature on childhood inflammatory pseudotumours is reviewed together with the differential diagnosis of other polypoid mesenchymal tumours of the trachea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aijaz
authors.forename: A U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Salam
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muzaffar
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akbani
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hasan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000473:pathology; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013224:Status Asthmaticus / Q000209:etiology; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*