Open AccessFirst report of an adult female patient with endobronchial inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in Taiwan : A case report
Author(s) -
Lin YanTing,
Huang ShihHao,
Chang ChihHao,
Hsu PingChi,
Wang ChihWei,
Lee ChungShu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
thoracic cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1759-7714
pISSN - 1759-7706
DOI - 10.1111/1759-7714.14104
Subject(s) - medicine , anaplastic lymphoma kinase , tyrosine kinase , lymphoma , mediastinal tumor , pathology , oncology , receptor , radiology , lung cancer , mediastinum , malignant pleural effusion
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.