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Inflammatory pseudotumour of the trachea: report of a case in an eight-year-old child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Farrukh Auaz ,
Anwar US Salam ,
Suhail Muzaffar ,
Yasmin Akbani  and
Sheema H. Hasan
Farrukh Auaz*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, The Aga Khan University Hospital
Anwar US Salam
Affiliation:
Departments of ENT and Paediatrics, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Suhail Muzaffar
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, The Aga Khan University Hospital
Yasmin Akbani
Affiliation:
Departments of ENT and Paediatrics, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Sheema H. Hasan
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, The Aga Khan University Hospital
*
Dr Farrukh Aijaz, M.D., M.R.C.Path.,Department of Pathology, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Po Box 3500, Karachi 74700, Pakistan. Fax: 4934294
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Abstract

A polypoid inflammatory pseudotumour was diagnosed in the trachea of an eight-year-old child who presented with asthmatic symptoms. The tumour showed 80 per cent blockage of the lower trachea and consisted of proliferating spindly fibroblastic cells admixed with a variable number of inflammatory cells. The literature on childhood inflammatory pseudotumours is reviewed together with the differential diagnosis of other polypoid mesenchymal tumours of the trachea.

Keywords

TracheaGranulomaplasma cell

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Pathology in Focus
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 7 , July 1994 , pp. 613 - 616
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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