title: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the spleen: report of a case in an adolescent.
abstract: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is an uncommon quasineoplastic process occurring in young patients. Splenic involvement is uncommon and occurs predominantly in older, adult patients. We present the youngest patient reported to date with splenic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor and discuss the clinical, pathological and imaging features of this lesion.
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, MO 63110.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Shackelford
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ternberg
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Dehner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017668:Age of Onset; D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed