Pulmonary consolidation and inflammation: inflammatory pseudotumour in young children.
Here we report two children with a pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumour; a rare entity in children, that often initially presents as a pneumonia, but with the possibility of serious consequences if unrecognised and untreated. One of the children presented is 6 months which is extremely young for this tumour. Difficulties in presentation, management strategies and prognosis are described. Certainly, this is a condition that should be considered even in a very young child with an inflammatory condition presenting as a solid lesion in the lung which does not resolve or even progresses.
Lindemans
C A
CA
Department of Pediatrics, Gelre Hospitals, Lukas location, The Netherlands. c.a.lindemans@umcutrecht.nl
Bruinsma
R A
RA
Nikkels
P G J
PG
Bröker
F H L
FH
Arets
H G M
HG
D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D016726:Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography
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