SUMMARY. We utilized improved methods for assessing airway structure and function to define the clinical significance of the innominate artery syndrome. Both infant pulmonary function tests (IPFT) and noninvasive controlled ventilation computed tomography (CVCT) were used, along with traditional dia
Inflammatory pseudotumor of the trachea in a ten-month-old infant
โ Scribed by Ann L. Dewar; Gary J. Connett
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 7 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-6863
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โฆ Synopsis
Inflammatory pseudotumors occur through a non-neoplastic process that involves abnormal proliferation of spindle cells (myoblasts and fibroblasts) with an inflammatory cell infiltrate. Clinically, radiographically, and grossly these lesions mimic malignant neoplasms but are readily distinguished histologically. We report an infant who presented with an inflammatory pseudotumor of his trachea that caused severe stridor.
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