title: High fever as an initial symptom of primary gastric inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in an adult woman.
abstract: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, also known as inflammatory pseudotumor, plasma cell granuloma or inflammatory myofibroblastoma, is characterized histopathologically by myofibroblastic spindle cells with inflammatory cell infiltrates composed of plasma cells, lymphocytes and eosinophils. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is typically seen in children or young adults and is most commonly localized to the lungs, but it can occur anywhere in the body. To date, however, only a few cases involving the stomach have been reported. Herein, we present a case of gastric inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in an adult woman with an initial symptom of high fever.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ningbo First Hospital Ningbo, 315010, China.
authors.forename: Jiang-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ningbo First Hospital Ningbo, 315010, China.
authors.forename: Yi-Jiu
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ningbo First Hospital Ningbo, 315010, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ningbo First Hospital Ningbo, 315010, China.
authors.forename: Hui-Fang
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ningbo First Hospital Ningbo, 315010, China.
authors.forename: Mou-Cheng
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Zhang
keywords: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor; high fever; inflammatory pseudotumor; stomach; surgery