Unusual cause of dysphagia: inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung.
Inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) is a rare disease that usually occurs in the lung. Patients with IPT are usually asymptomatic, with a solitary pulmonary nodule or mass detected on routine chest roentgenogram. IPT can behave as a malignant tumor both clinically and radiologically. Cough, fever, dyspnea, and hemoptysis are the usual presenting symptoms. This report describes the case of a 37-year-old man with a 4-month course of dysphagia secondary to lower esophageal invasion by the posterior mediastinal extension of a lung IPT.
Akman
Canan
C
Department of Radiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. cakman11@superonline.com
Dincbas
Fazilet Oner
FO
Oz
Buge
B
Gurses
Bengi
B
Kantarci
Fatih
F
Demirkaya
Ahmet
A
Tuzun
Hasan
H
D000328:Adult; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D016726:Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000150:complications