Case Report

Unusual Cause of Dysphagia: Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Lung

Authors: Canan Akman, MD, Fazilet Oner Dincbas, MD, Buge Oz, MD, Bengi Gurses, MD, Fatih Kantarc, MD, Ahmet Demirkaya, MD, Hasan Tuzun, MD

Abstract

Inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) is a rare disease that usually occurs in the lung. Patients with IPT are usually asymptomatic, with a solitary pulmonary nodule or mass detected on routine chest roentgenogram. IPT can behave as a malignant tumor both clinically and radiologically. Cough, fever, dyspnea, and hemoptysis are the usual presenting symptoms. This report describes the case of a 37-year-old man with a 4-month course of dysphagia secondary to lower esophageal invasion by the posterior mediastinal extension of a lung IPT.

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