title: Inflammatory myofibroblastic pancreas tumor: a case report.
abstract: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) histologically characterized by fibroblastic and myofibroblastic proliferation with inflammatory infiltrate. The therapy adopted was Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy with a histological diagnosis of the inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. The disease that should be considered as the differential diagnosis is pancreatic cancer. The diagnosis and treatment of IMT is surgical resection.
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Clinic Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital Sisli Istanbul Turkey.
authors.forename: Muharrem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Battal
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Clinic Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital Sisli Istanbul Turkey.
authors.forename: Kinyas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kartal
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital Sisli Istanbul Turkey.
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tuncel
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Clinic Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital Sisli Istanbul Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bostanci
keywords: Inflammatory tumor; Whipple procedure; pancreatic mass; surgical resection