Case ReportsInflammatory pseudotumor of the trachea☆
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Case report
A 14-year-old boy with an inconspicuous medical history (except for few episodes of subglottic laryngitis, 1 episode of pneumonia at age 4, and possible herpes zoster infection at 10 years of age) presented to the emergency room at a local hospital with acute respiratory distress. There was a history of a variable degree of breathlessness throughout the previous month attributed to acute pharyngitis and spastic bronchitis. He was admitted and treated with antibiotics, bronchodilatators,
Discussion
We have found 4 reports of tracheal inflammatory pseudotumors and 9 similar tracheal tumors with different names in the available literature (Table 1).3, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25Study Age Symptoms Localization Pathohistology Treatment Bahadori and Liebow,3 1973 1 yr Hypoxia, death Trachea pcg No therapy Karlen et al,15 1973 57 yr Wheezing, hemoptysis 4 cm subglottic fhis bhsc Hakimi et al,16 1975 26 yr Cough, hemoptysis Thoracic inlet pcg surg Sandstrom et al,17 1978 15 yr
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