Inflammatory Pseudotumor of Carotid Artery: A case report.
- Author:
Geun Eun KIM
1
;
Yong Pil CHO
;
Tae Won KWON
;
Dong Hae CHUNG
;
On Ja KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Vascular Surgery, Ulsan University, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Inflammatory pseudotumor
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Adult;
Carotid Arteries*;
Carotid Artery, Common;
Extremities;
Female;
Granuloma, Plasma Cell*;
Head;
Heart;
Humans;
Lung;
Neck;
Pelvis;
Recurrence;
Respiratory System;
Transplants;
Urinary Bladder
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
1998;54(6):915-919
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Inflammatory pseudotumor is an uncommon nonneoplastic lesion of unknown etiology that occurs most commonly in the lung. However, it also occurs in diverse extrapulmonary locations: abdomen, retroperitoneum, pelvis, heart, head and neck, upper respiratory tract, trunk, bladder, and extremities. The extrapulmonary inflammatory pseudotumor is often larger, less-well circumscribed and multinodular. Proximity of the tumor to vital structures or involvement of vital organs compromises the opportunity for complete resection; thus higher recurrence rates are often reported even after surgical treatment. The authors report a case of inflammatory pseudotumor originating from common carotid artery in a 42-year-old female patient with a rapidly growing neck mass, treated by en bloc resection of inflammatory pseudotumor and a long segment of common carotid artery followed by polytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE) graft interposition.
