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
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Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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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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author Braham, Yosra
Migaou, Asma
Njima, Manel
Achour, Asma
Ben Saad, Ahmed
Cheikh Mhamed, Saoussen
Fahem, Nesrine
Rouatbi, Naceur
Joobeur, Samah
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Migaou, Asma
Njima, Manel
Achour, Asma
Ben Saad, Ahmed
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description 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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spelling pubmed-76832622020-11-27 Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: A rare entity Braham, Yosra Migaou, Asma Njima, Manel Achour, Asma Ben Saad, Ahmed Cheikh Mhamed, Saoussen Fahem, Nesrine Rouatbi, Naceur Joobeur, Samah Respir Med Case Rep Case Report 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. Elsevier 2020-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7683262/ /pubmed/33251105 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101287 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Braham, Yosra
Migaou, Asma
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Achour, Asma
Ben Saad, Ahmed
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Fahem, Nesrine
Rouatbi, Naceur
Joobeur, Samah
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: A rare entity
title Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: A rare entity
title_full Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: A rare entity
title_fullStr Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: A rare entity
title_full_unstemmed Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: A rare entity
title_short Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: A rare entity
title_sort inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung: a rare entity
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url 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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