Inflammatory pseudotumor of the omentum: An uncommon pediatric tumor

Inflammatory pseudotumor is an uncommon tumor with a variable natural course. We report a case of omental pseudotumor in a 6-year-old male child. The child′s clinical presentation was suggestive of an omental mass, which was operated upon after investigations. Histopathology revealed it t...

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Main Authors: Gupta Chhabi, Mohta Anup, Khurana Nita, Paik Shivani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-04-01
Series:Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2009;volume=52;issue=2;spage=219;epage=221;aulast=Gupta
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spelling doaj-f350dd687c4c44c1b71f99bfb06c42a12020-11-24T22:36:41ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology0377-49292009-04-01522219221Inflammatory pseudotumor of the omentum: An uncommon pediatric tumorGupta ChhabiMohta AnupKhurana NitaPaik ShivaniInflammatory pseudotumor is an uncommon tumor with a variable natural course. We report a case of omental pseudotumor in a 6-year-old male child. The child′s clinical presentation was suggestive of an omental mass, which was operated upon after investigations. Histopathology revealed it to be an inflammatory pseudotumor. The case is presented for its unusual location. http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2009;volume=52;issue=2;spage=219;epage=221;aulast=GuptaInflammatory pseudotumoromental tumorpediatric
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author Gupta Chhabi
Mohta Anup
Khurana Nita
Paik Shivani
spellingShingle Gupta Chhabi
Mohta Anup
Khurana Nita
Paik Shivani
Inflammatory pseudotumor of the omentum: An uncommon pediatric tumor
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
Inflammatory pseudotumor
omental tumor
pediatric
author_facet Gupta Chhabi
Mohta Anup
Khurana Nita
Paik Shivani
author_sort Gupta Chhabi
title Inflammatory pseudotumor of the omentum: An uncommon pediatric tumor
title_short Inflammatory pseudotumor of the omentum: An uncommon pediatric tumor
title_full Inflammatory pseudotumor of the omentum: An uncommon pediatric tumor
title_fullStr Inflammatory pseudotumor of the omentum: An uncommon pediatric tumor
title_full_unstemmed Inflammatory pseudotumor of the omentum: An uncommon pediatric tumor
title_sort inflammatory pseudotumor of the omentum: an uncommon pediatric tumor
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
issn 0377-4929
publishDate 2009-04-01
description Inflammatory pseudotumor is an uncommon tumor with a variable natural course. We report a case of omental pseudotumor in a 6-year-old male child. The child′s clinical presentation was suggestive of an omental mass, which was operated upon after investigations. Histopathology revealed it to be an inflammatory pseudotumor. The case is presented for its unusual location.
topic Inflammatory pseudotumor
omental tumor
pediatric
url http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2009;volume=52;issue=2;spage=219;epage=221;aulast=Gupta
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