Inflammatory myofibroblastic pancreas tumor: a case report

Battal M., Kartal K., Tuncel D., Bostanci O.

Clinical Case Reports, cilt.4, sa.12, ss.1122-1124, 2016 (Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 4 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/ccr3.717
  • Dergi Adı: Clinical Case Reports
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1122-1124
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Inflammatory tumor, pancreatic mass, surgical resection, Whipple procedure
  • İstanbul Yeni Yüzyıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) histologically characterized by fibroblastic and myofibroblastic proliferation with inflammatory infiltrate. The therapy adopted was Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy with a histological diagnosis of the inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. The disease that should be considered as the differential diagnosis is pancreatic cancer. The diagnosis and treatment of IMT is surgical resection.