Open AccessOne case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor - a case report
Author(s) -
Chunze Zhang,
Chunjie Li,
Wen-Kang Zong,
Min Xu,
Guanwei Fan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.163872
Subject(s) - inflammatory pseudotumor , plasma cell granuloma , medicine , soft tissue , pathology , granuloma , mesenchymal stem cell , lesion , trunk , head and neck , biology , surgery , ecology
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a rare mesenchymal tumor, it can also be found on the trunk, head and neck, internal organs, and soft tissue. It has been named as inflammatory pseudotumor, plasma cell granuloma, solitary mast cell tumor, pseudotumor pneumonia and tissue cells, and other inflammatory pseudotumor. The main treatment of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor patients is through surgical complete excision of the lesion.