Open AccessInflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the urinary bladder
Author(s) -
Vipul D Yagnik,
Amit Chadha,
Sanjay Chaudhari,
Kaustubh Patel
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.65106
Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , urinary bladder , myoepithelial cell , smooth muscle , resection , surgical resection , immunohistochemistry , urology , radiology , surgery
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of bladder is an uncommon benign tumor of bladder, which is of unknown neoplastic potential, characterized by spindle cell proliferation with characteristic fibroinflammatory and pseudosarcomatous appearance. Essential criteria for the diagnosis of IMT are: spindle myoepithelial cell proliferation and lymphocytic infiltrate. Complete surgical resection is the treatment of choice.