title: Skull base inflammatory pseudotumour involving the rhinopharyngeal space.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a rare case of inflammatory pseudotumour (IPT) at the skull base involving the right rhinopharyngeal space.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case is presented; the clinical and therapeutic issues of IPT are reviewed and discussed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mass resembled a malignant tumour or an aggressive infectious lesion; the final diagnosis was inflammatory pseudotumour. A complete regression of the mass was achieved after treatment with high dose oral steroids followed by maintenance steroid therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IPT should be considered in the differential diagnosis of rhinopharyngeal malignancies in order to avoid inappropriate (surgical) treatment.
authors.affiliation: Audiology Department, University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ciorba
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bovo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borrelli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martini
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009305:Nasopharynx; D019291:Skull Base
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids