ABSTRACT
A 45-year-old female patient admitted for surgical management of carcinoma esophagus, presented with difficulty in insertion of left-sided 37 F and 35 F double lumen tube (Mallinckrodt® Broncho-Cath). Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed a subglottic web in the larynx just below the vocal cords and a tracheal web just above the carina. Differential lung ventilation could be achieved with a 35 F internal diameter double lumen tube (Portex® Blueline® Endobronchial tube).
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Esophageal Neoplasms/surgery , Female , Humans , Intubation, Intratracheal/instrumentation , Intubation, Intratracheal/methods , Laryngeal Diseases/complications , Middle Aged , Tracheal Diseases/complicationsABSTRACT
Inflammatory pseudotumour is a rare, focal, benign inflammatory lesion of the liver parenchyma. It is largely a self-limiting entity and has favorable prognosis; it is thus important to preoperatively distinguish this lesion from malignancy, which it closely imitates. Inflammatory pseudotumour may present variously. We present the case of a 54-year old gentleman who presented with a three-month history of low-grade intermittent fever. Ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed a mass in the left lobe of the liver and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate was raised with coincident hypergammaglobulinaemia. A diagnostic laparotomy with left lateral hepatectomy was performed and histopathological evaluation of the specimen along with special staining and tissue culture revealed an inflammatory pseudotumour. On the second day post-operative the fever subsided and following an uneventful five days the patient was discharged and remains well at one-year follow up with no recurrence or relapse.