Inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung manifesting as a posterior mediastinal mass

Pediatr Radiol. 1992;22(6):467-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02013516.

Abstract

A case of inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung in a 6-year-old boy is presented. The respiratory illness presented as a mycoplasma pneumonia and there had been a similar episode of mycoplasma pneumonia one and a half years previously. Computed tomography revealed a large, calcified right posterior mediastinal mass and exploratory thoracotomy revealed a large posterior mediastinal mass that had an endobronchial component and grew exophytically from the lung. The present case suggests that inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung can manifest as a mediastinal mass and could be associated with mycoplasma pneumonia infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Plasma Cell Granuloma, Pulmonary / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed