title: Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Stomach Presenting as an Exophytic Mass - A Diagnostic Dilemma.
abstract: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is an uncommon soft tissue neoplasm of uncertain biologic behavior, and rarely reported in the stomach. An eighteen-year-old male presented with a mass in the epigastrium of three-month duration. Clinical and radiological examination suggested a gastrointestinal stromal tumor or a leiomyoma in the lesser curvature of the stomach. On the basis of histomorphological features and immunohistochemical analysis the diagnosis of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in the lesser curvature of the stomach was made. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor should be considered in the differential diagnosis of soft tissue tumors of the stomach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Belgaum Institute of Medical Sciences, BELGAVI, INDIA.
authors.forename: Meena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jadhav
authors.forename: Rekha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harvi
authors.forename: Rashmi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: Shreekant
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kittur
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010784:Photomicrography; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome