Intra-abdominal infantile inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors: A report of three cases

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor occurring at intra-abdominal sites in children can be confused with malignancy because of its large size and location. It is a tumor classified as ‘intermediate’ between benign and malignant, but usually benign, with a strong tendency for recurrence. Treatment is s...

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Autores principales: Banerjee, Mala, Mukhopadhyay, Debasis, Gupta, Shatavisha Das, Chatterjee, Uttara, Banerjee, Sugato
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25336810
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.142020
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Sumario:Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor occurring at intra-abdominal sites in children can be confused with malignancy because of its large size and location. It is a tumor classified as ‘intermediate’ between benign and malignant, but usually benign, with a strong tendency for recurrence. Treatment is surgical excision. Here, we present a brief outline of three such cases presenting as abdominal mass in infants.

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