Inflammatory pseudotumor of the lymph nodes in the neck.
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.
Acar
Gul Ozbilen
GO
Department of Otolaryngology, Istanbul Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Alimoglu
Yalcin
Y
Enver
Ozgun
O
Tuzuner
Nukhet
N
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