Intra-abdominal infantile inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors: A report of three cases | Zendy

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Intra-abdominal infantile inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors: A report of three cases

Author(s) -

ShatavishaDas Gupta,

Mala Banerjee,

Debasis Mukhopadhyay,

Uttara Chatterjee,

Sugato Banerjee

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 1998-3891

pISSN - 0971-9261

DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.142020

Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , abdominal mass , radiology , benign neoplasms , surgery , pathology

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor occurring at intra-abdominal sites in children can be confused with malignancy because of its large size and location. It is a tumor classified as 'intermediate' between benign and malignant, but usually benign, with a strong tendency for recurrence. Treatment is surgical excision. Here, we present a brief outline of three such cases presenting as abdominal mass in infants.

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