An Inflammatory Pseudotumor Arising from Pterygopalatine Fossa with Invasion to the Maxillary Sinus and Orbital Cavity
Joint Authors
Matsumoto, Yuma
Ohkura, Yasuo
Kohno, Naoyuki
Ikeda, Tetsuya
Fujiwara, Masachika
Yazawa, T.
Yokoi, Hidenori
Source
Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We report a patient who had an inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) that invaded to the maxillary sinus and orbital cavity, with the left pterygopalatine fossa as the principal site; this is a very rare case.
The patient was an 83-year-old woman who suddenly became aware of impairment in the eyesight and visual field of the left eye.
CT images showed a neoplastic lesion that invaded to the maxillary sinus and orbital cavity, with the left pterygopalatine fossa as the principal site, and also showed contrast effects.
To obtain a definitive diagnosis from histopathological analysis, the lesion was biopsied, and she was diagnosed as the inflammatory pseudotumor with the immunohistochemical study and multiplex polymerase chain reaction-based clonality assays.
The patient had a lymphoid-predominant lesion that responded to radiotherapy but corticosteroids were not effective.
It is important to scrutinize the pathology to avoid unnecessary and mutilating surgery.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yokoi, Hidenori& Yazawa, T.& Matsumoto, Yuma& Ikeda, Tetsuya& Fujiwara, Masachika& Ohkura, Yasuo…[et al.]. 2015. An Inflammatory Pseudotumor Arising from Pterygopalatine Fossa with Invasion to the Maxillary Sinus and Orbital Cavity. Case Reports in Otolaryngology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059682
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yokoi, Hidenori…[et al.]. An Inflammatory Pseudotumor Arising from Pterygopalatine Fossa with Invasion to the Maxillary Sinus and Orbital Cavity. Case Reports in Otolaryngology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059682
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yokoi, Hidenori& Yazawa, T.& Matsumoto, Yuma& Ikeda, Tetsuya& Fujiwara, Masachika& Ohkura, Yasuo…[et al.]. An Inflammatory Pseudotumor Arising from Pterygopalatine Fossa with Invasion to the Maxillary Sinus and Orbital Cavity. Case Reports in Otolaryngology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059682
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1059682