title: Retroauricular inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: a case report.
abstract: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are rare lesions which show benign histological features with highly local aggressive growth. These tumors usually tend to involve lungs. Head and neck location is very rare. In this article, a four-year-old patient who underwent a procedure for a retroauricular mass which evolved into inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor was presented in the light of data from the literature review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medicine Faculty of Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey. droran@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: İşeri
authors.forename: Safter Arif
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ulubil
authors.forename: Fatma Demir
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Kuru
authors.forename: Serhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Derin
authors.forename: Abdulkadir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oran
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007758:Ear, Inner; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male