title: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the esophagus in childhood: a case report and a review of the literature.
abstract: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare mesenchymal disease of low malignancy consisting of inflammatory cells inside a mesenchymal stroma comprising myofibroblasts. Biological behavior is variable, recurrence is uncommon, metastatic disease is rare. Treatment strategy is based on the status of low-grade malignant tumor. Radical surgery is considered to be the principal treatment modality, except if it requires a mutilating procedure. Only 6 cases of pediatric patients treated for IMT of the esophagus have been reported in English-language literature. Herein, a case of a 13-year-old boy with an IMT of the esophagus is presented.
authors.affiliation: Departments of *Pediatric Surgery †Pathology ‡Pediatric Oncology §Surgery, The University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dousek
authors.forename: Jiri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tuma
authors.forename: Ladislav
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Planka
authors.forename: Karel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Husek
authors.forename: Jaroslav
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sterba
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Penka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D058628:Myofibroblasts / Q000473:pathology*; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis