Old-school techniques meet new-school technology: 3D fluoroscopy in percutaneous rhizolysis

摘要

An inflammatory pseudotumor may occur in various anatomic regions and organs but is most commonly found in the lung and the orbit. Most cases occur in childhood or early adulthood and include both sexes. Patients with an inflammatory pseudotumor are usually at first asymptomatic or express constitutional complaints relating to the local mass effect and typical symptoms such as unexplained fever or weight loss. An inflammatory pseudotumor typically manifests as a solitary, peripheral, and sharply circumscribed mass. Multiple lesions are observed in approximately 5% of lung tumor cases. The precise preoperative diagnosis of a brain lesion is very difficult and quite impossible because these lesions mimic "normal" brain tumors. Thus, surgery mostly will be the first choice of treatment with the exception of steroid therapy for a suspected orbital inflammatory pseudotumor.