Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the thigh without bone involvement: a case report

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are rare, and those located in the extremities without bone involvement are even rarer. We present the case of a 61-year-old Chinese male patient with an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the right thigh. It was excised and a histopathologic examination reveal...

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Autores principales: Lin, Jun, Liu, Hao, Zhuang, Yin, Yang, Peng, Zheng, Yifei, Yang, Yan, Yang, Huilin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4114126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25022487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-12-208
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Sumario:Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are rare, and those located in the extremities without bone involvement are even rarer. We present the case of a 61-year-old Chinese male patient with an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the right thigh. It was excised and a histopathologic examination revealed an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. This case is presented by virtue of its rare location.

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