title: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the extrahepatic bile ducts: an unusual cause of obstructive jaundice in children.
abstract: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour is a rare entity in children with few reported series. The extrahepatic bile duct is an unusual location for this tumour. The authors report here the case of an 8-year-old girl presenting with obstructive jaundice due to inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the extrahepatic bile ducts with differential diagnosis of obstructive jaundice in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Büyükyavuz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karnak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haliloglu
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Senocak
mesh_terms: D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017734:Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D014463:Ultrasonography