title: [The myofibroblastic inflammatory tumours: A fortuitous association or an unknown postpartum complication].
abstract: The inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour has clinical, biological or histological features sometimes misleading with a septic condition. Presenting symptoms are variable and arising circumstances remain obscure. We report three cases occurring in a postpartum context. The first patient, a 28-year-old female, had left psoitis with a sepsis the first day postpartum in relation with an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the meso-ovary. The second patient, a 40-year-old woman, had a hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour revealed by a ruptured sub-capsular haematoma of the liver in the forth day postpartum. The third patient, a 32-year-old woman, had a pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour, diagnosed 5 months after a delivery and which recurred 10 years after surgical treatment. These cases illustrate the difficulty to diagnose inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour, particularly in postpartum.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Habib Thameur, Tunis, Tunisie. emnachelbi@voila.fr
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chelbi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chadli-Debbiche
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferchiou
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ajmi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kourda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Labbène
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Khayat
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zermani
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cherif
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Ayed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology