Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor involving lung and brain in a 10-year-old boy: a case report.
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.
Sharma
Suvasini
S
Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Sankhyan
Naveen
N
Kalra
Veena
V
Garg
Ajay
A
Gupta
Siddhartha Datta
SD
Agarwala
Sandeep
S
Das
Prasenjit
P
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