inflammatory pseudotumors
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Inflammatory pseudotumors (IPTs) embrace a heterogeneous spectrum of reactive, infective, and neoplastic entities, that are characterized by a clinical mass composed of a histologic proliferation of spindle cells in a background of inflammatory cells and collagen fibers.
Etiology
inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT)
dysimmune inflammatory pseudotumors
infective inflammatory pseudotumors
- mycobacterial inflammatory pseudotumor
- cryptococcal inflammatory pseudotumor (17895752)
- EBV-associated inflammatory pseudotumor
- EBV-associated splenic inflammatory pseudotumor
See also
References
Sing Y, Ramdial PK. Cryptococcal inflammatory pseudotumors. Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 Oct;31(10):1521-7. PMID: 17895752