title: Recurrent gastric inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour in a 13-year-old male.
abstract: A 13-year-old boy who had epigastric pain and pallor for 2 months and found to have an ulcerative mass in the stomach and underwent partial gastrectomy. A diagnosis of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour (IMT) of the stomach was made on histological examination. Three years later, recurrence in the stomach, with invasion into the pancreas and hilum of the spleen was noted and was managed by wide wedge resection of the stomach, distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy. The patient has been recurrence-free for the past 2 years. Gastric IMT is an uncommon tumour in children with unpredictable prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine UKM, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, 56000, Malaysia. midalias@mail.hukm.ukm.my
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamidah
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Khu
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Thambidorai
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Muhaizan
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Zarina
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jamal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery