title: Rare gastric inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in an adult woman: a case report with review of the literature.
abstract: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the stomach is extremely rare and its prognosis is unpredictable. We present a 37-year-old woman with a gastric IMT. She presented epigastric pain since 2 months, anemia and weight loss associated. Physical examination showed cutaneous pallor and mild abdominal tenderness in the epigastrium. Abdominal ultrasonography showed a tumor near the pancreas and the CT scan revealed that the lesion was arising from the stomach. Upper endoscopy showed a submucosal lesion of approximately 7.5 cm located in the posterior wall of the gastric body such as a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). The patient underwent a subtotal gastrectomy and Billroth I reconstruction. The histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis revealed an IMT that originated from the gastric wall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Pathology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126 Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, 13083-887 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maxwel Capsy Boga
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Luiz Roberto
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: João Coelho
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: de Souza Neto
authors.forename: Luciana Rodrigues
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Meirelles
authors.forename: Rita Barbosa
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Nelson Adami
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Andreollo