Inflammatory pseudotumors of the paranasal sinuses.
Inflammatory pseudotumors may be defined as lesions that clinically and radiologically simulate neoplasms. These tumor are not a single clinical-pathological entity, but rather a generic term applied to any nonspecific, chronic, inflammatory expanding lesion. There are few reports of inflammatory pseudotumors in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses.


METHODS
We report three cases of inflammatory pseudotumors of the nose and paranasal sinuses seen at the Division of Otolaryngology of the Medical School University Hospital, Sao Paulo University.


CONCLUSIONS
Inflammatory pseudotumors of the paranasal sinuses present a variety of symptoms according to the site.
Constantino
Guilherme de Toledo Leme
Gde T
HC/ FMUSP, Trabalho realizado na Divisão de Clínica Otorrinolaringológica do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo SP Brasil. guilherme@constantino.med.br
Sasaki
Fernando
F
Tavares
Raquel Aguiar
RA
Voegels
Richard L
RL
Butugan
Ossamu
O
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed