Inflammatory myofibroblastic pancreas tumor: a case report

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

Clinical Case Reports, vol.4, no.12, pp.1122-1124, 2016 (Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 4 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/ccr3.717
  • Journal Name: Clinical Case Reports
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1122-1124
  • Keywords: Inflammatory tumor, pancreatic mass, surgical resection, Whipple procedure
  • İstanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Affiliated: No

Abstract

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.