title: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the stomach in an adult woman: a rare intermittent cause of gastric outlet obstruction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a neoplasm of intermediate biological potential that frequently recurs and rarely metastasizes.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a rare case of intermittent gastric outlet obstruction by an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the cardia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 56-year-old woman presented at the gastroenterology department with a two-day history of hematemesis and melena. She had intermittent nausea and vomiting complaints, which had manifested periodically for about five months. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy demonstrated a mass of 6 cm in diameter, which was resected. Histological examination revealed ulcerated mucosal granulation-like tissue with myofibroblastic spindle cell proliferation in a storiform pattern.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In order to avoid unnecessary aggressive therapy, gastric IMT should be taken into account when a gastric mass accompanied by the various clinical manifestations of IMT is found in an adult.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. fatihalbayrakerz@gmail.com
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Albayrak
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dursun
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Albayrak
authors.forename: Sare
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Altas
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uyanik
authors.forename: Rahsan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yildirim
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D017219:Gastric Outlet Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*