Inflammatory pseudotumor

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled “Inflammatory pseudotumor: a rare cause of proximal bronchial obstruction.” (Rev Pneumol Clin. 2006 Jun;62(3):183-6 ). Authors are Benothman H, Benhenneda R, Amade W et all, from the Service de Pneumologie, Clinique Medicale MGEN 1, Maisons-Laffitte, France. Inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung is a rare disease with usual benign course. The authors report the case of a 67-year-old woman with atelectasis of the left lung related to an endobronchial inflammatory pseudotumor. After laser resection, relapse occurred 3 months later, requiring surgical treatment. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.