Inflammatory pseudotumour of the trachea: report of a case in an eight-year-old child.
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.
Aijaz
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Department of Pathology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Salam
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Muzaffar
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Akbani
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Hasan
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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*