Pulmonary Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in Children: A Case Report and Brief Review of Literature

• Main Authors: Federica Camela (Author), Marcella Gallucci (Author), Emanuela di Palmo (Author), Salvatore Cazzato (Author), Mario Lima (Author), Giampaolo Ricci (Author), Andrea Pession (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare lesion of unclear etiology and variable clinical course, consisting of a proliferation of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts, mixed with inflammatory cells. Synonyms of IMT are inflammatory pseudotumor and plasma cell granuloma reflecting the allege...