Huge pelvi-abdominal malignant inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor

Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 09:00 in Health & Medicine

A research team from Taiwan reported an unusual case of pelvic-abdominal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) with malignant transformation in a 14-year-old boy presenting with abdominal pain and 9 kg body weight loss in one month. This is the largest documented case of IMT in a pediatric patient and the first report of IMT with malignant transformation originating from the pelvic extraperitoneal space.

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