title: Acute abdomen caused by a perforated inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the jejunum.
abstract: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are rare pseudosarcomatous tumors found in virtually all anatomic sites. Our case report describes an elderly female patient with an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in the proximal jejunum, accidentally discovered at laparotomy for an acute abdomen. The localization in the jejunum is a very rare finding, and perforation has not been described before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hospital of Frutigen, Frutigen, Switzerland. dominik.heim@spitalfmi.ch
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heim
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruchti
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Negri
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery