title: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the esophagus.
abstract: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are regarded as intermediate-grade tumors with a potential for recurrence. Although these lesions have been found in nearly every anatomic location, there are few documented cases of esophageal localization. The rare case reported here concerns a 55-year-old woman with an extremely large inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the esophagus; the tumor was 20 cm in length and 6 cm in diameter. Wide surgical excision was performed. Histopathologic and immunohistochemical analyses confirmed the diagnosis of an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. There was no recurrence or tumor metastasis 6 months after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yulong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Hongyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Youbin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deslauriers
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor