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inflammatory pseudotumor

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pseudotumor /pseu·do·tu·mor/ (-too´mer) an enlargement that resembles a tumor, resulting from inflammation, fluid accumulation, or other causes.
pseudotumor ce´rebri  cerebral edema and raised intracranial pressure without neurological signs except occasional sixth nerve palsy.
inflammatory pseudotumor  a tumorlike mass representing an inflammatory reaction.

inflammatory pseudotumor
n.
A tumorlike mass that is composed of fibrous or granulation tissue infiltrated by inflammatory cells.


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Other cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions that are considered in the differential diagnosis include leiomyoma, hemangiopericytoma, fibrous hamartoma of infancy, cutaneous inflammatory pseudotumor, desmoid tumor, nodular fasciitis, plexiform fibrohistioeytic tumor, neurofibroma, and dermatomyofibroma.
In addition, granuloma faciale and inflammatory pseudotumor could be excluded from the differential diagnosis because these diseases are not characterized by intense fibrosis and onionskin angiocentric whorling.
Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma following inflammatory pseudotumor in pregnancy [abstract 283].
 
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