Cerebral tumor or pseudotumor?

Splenic inflammatory pseudotumor (inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor).

We report a case of a splenic inflammatory pseudotumor (myofibroblastic tumor) in a 43-year-old man with a 5-year history of chronic bronchitis and sleep apnea syndrome. The patient was hospitalized because of a screen-detected splenic mass lesion. His sputum cultures revealed Mycobacterium avium complexes on only one occasion. Imaging studies revealed a 7 cm solitary tumorous lesion, and diffe...

A cytology negative rare tumor with the presentation of pseudotumor cerebri clinical symptoms: diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor

Diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor is characterized by hydrocephalus, leptomeningeal involvement in the absence of a primary parenchymal mass, and negative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology. It is an extremely rare and difficult tumor to diagnose as no mass can be biopsied and it mimics infectious, rheumatologic, and inflammatory pathologies. An 11-year-old girl presented with complaint...

Trauma or Tumor? The Nail Splay Sign

Cerebral venous sinus stenting for pseudotumor cerebri: A review.

Pseudotumor cerebri is characterized by headaches, visual field changes, papilledema and an elevated cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure without evidence of an intracranial mass. In the setting of failed medical therapy, surgical options such as ventriculoperitoneal shunts and optic nerve sheath fenestrations are considered. Recently, venous sinus stenting has emerged as a new treatment option...

Ghost tumor: an inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver.

Bruno Rosa, MD1 Pedro Moutinho-Ribeiro, MD2 José M. Pereira, MD3 Daniel Fonseca, MD4 Joanne Lopes, MD5 Isabel Amendoeira, MD5 José Cotter, MD1 1Department of Gastroenterology, Alto Ave Hospital Center, Guimarães, Portugal; 2Department of Gastroenterology, Arrábida Hospital, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal; 3Department of Radiology, São João University Hospital, Porto, Portugal; 4Department of Radio...