An inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor exhibiting immunoreactivity to KIT: a case report focusing on a diagnostic pitfall

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are both spindle cell tumors, and occur rarely in the wall of the urinary bladder. In general, immunostaining allows differentiation of IMTs and GISTs. Most IMTs are positive for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) a...

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Autores principales: Kataoka, Tatsuki R, Yamashita, Nobuhiro, Furuhata, Ayako, Hirata, Masahiro, Ishida, Takaki, Nakamura, Ichiro, Hirota, Seiichi, Haga, Hironori, Katsuyama, Eiji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4083143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24938355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-12-186

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4083143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24938355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-12-186

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