title: Inflammatory pseudotumor of the lymph nodes in the neck.
abstract: Inflammatory pseudotumor is a tumor-like lesion with histopathologic characteristics of inflammation. A 63-year-old woman, who presented with complaints of 2 neck masses on the right side of the neck with waxing and waning course in whom excisional biopsy was performed revealing inflammatory pseudotumor of the lymph node in the neck, is presented, and this rare clinical entity is discussed together with relevant literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Istanbul Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gul Ozbilen
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: Yalcin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Alimoglu
authors.forename: Ozgun
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Enver
authors.forename: Nukhet
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tuzuner
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D014463:Ultrasonography