Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Thigh: Presentation of a Rare Case and Review of the Literature

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are uncommon neoplasms; presentation of these tumors in the lower extremities is extremely rare. We present a case of a 47-year-old male with fever, fatigue, and a slow-growing thigh mass. The inflammatory markers were elevated and the MR images showed a well-defi...

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Autores principales: Savvidou, O. D., Sakellariou, V. I., Papakonstantinou, O., Skarpidi, E., Papagelopoulos, P. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4402203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25945274
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/814241
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author Savvidou, O. D.
Sakellariou, V. I.
Papakonstantinou, O.
Skarpidi, E.
Papagelopoulos, P. J.
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Papakonstantinou, O.
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description Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are uncommon neoplasms; presentation of these tumors in the lower extremities is extremely rare. We present a case of a 47-year-old male with fever, fatigue, and a slow-growing thigh mass. The inflammatory markers were elevated and the MR images showed a well-defined intermuscular lesion with mild heterogeneous enhancement. The lesion was excised and histologic examination was consistent with an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. No adjuvant therapy was needed and the patient remained asymptomatic with no evidence of tumor recurrence during the 2 years of follow-up.
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spelling pubmed-44022032015-05-05 Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Thigh: Presentation of a Rare Case and Review of the Literature Savvidou, O. D. Sakellariou, V. I. Papakonstantinou, O. Skarpidi, E. Papagelopoulos, P. J. Case Rep Orthop Case Report Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are uncommon neoplasms; presentation of these tumors in the lower extremities is extremely rare. We present a case of a 47-year-old male with fever, fatigue, and a slow-growing thigh mass. The inflammatory markers were elevated and the MR images showed a well-defined intermuscular lesion with mild heterogeneous enhancement. The lesion was excised and histologic examination was consistent with an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. No adjuvant therapy was needed and the patient remained asymptomatic with no evidence of tumor recurrence during the 2 years of follow-up. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4402203/ /pubmed/25945274 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/814241 Text en Copyright © 2015 O. D. Savvidou et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Skarpidi, E.
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Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Thigh: Presentation of a Rare Case and Review of the Literature
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title_short Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Thigh: Presentation of a Rare Case and Review of the Literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4402203/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/814241
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