First report of an adult female patient with endobronchial inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in Taiwan: A case report

An inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the respiratory system is an uncommon disease. In Taiwan, there is a lack of previous studies on tracheobronchial IMT. The tumor is characterized by overexpression of anaplastic lymphoma receptor tyrosine kinase (ALK)‐1. Surgical resection is the standa...

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Autores principales: Lin, Yan‐Ting, Huang, Shih‐Hao, Chang, Chih‐Hao, Hsu, Ping‐Chi, Wang, Chih‐Wei, Lee, Chung‐Shu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 2021
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8520803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34520108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.14104
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Sumario:An inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the respiratory system is an uncommon disease. In Taiwan, there is a lack of previous studies on tracheobronchial IMT. The tumor is characterized by overexpression of anaplastic lymphoma receptor tyrosine kinase (ALK)‐1. Surgical resection is the standard treatment of choice nowadays.

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