Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: A rare entity

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare mesenchymal tumor usually seen within the first and second decade. They are extremely rare in adults, constituting less than 1% of adult lung tumors. It's usually benign, but it had a tendency for local recurrence. We report a case of asymptoma...

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Autores principales: Braham, Yosra, Migaou, Asma, Njima, Manel, Achour, Asma, Ben Saad, Ahmed, Cheikh Mhamed, Saoussen, Fahem, Nesrine, Rouatbi, Naceur, Joobeur, Samah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7683262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33251105
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101287
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Sumario:Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare mesenchymal tumor usually seen within the first and second decade. They are extremely rare in adults, constituting less than 1% of adult lung tumors. It's usually benign, but it had a tendency for local recurrence. We report a case of asymptomatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of lung in a 46-year-old non-smoker woman.

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