title: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor involving lung and brain in a 10-year-old boy: a case report.
abstract: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are rare tumors of unknown etiology, composed of proliferating myofibroblasts and accompanying lymphoplasmacytic infiltration. A 10-year-old boy who developed inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors in the lung as well as the brain is described. Surgery and radiation therapy were not feasible. The authors review the current literature and treatment options.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Suvasini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sankhyan
authors.forename: Veena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kalra
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Siddhartha Datta
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agarwala
authors.forename: Prasenjit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D010784:Photomicrography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome