Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour arising incidentally as a polypoid lesion in the gallbladder

• Main Authors: Carlos Filipe C. Abrantes (Author), Mário Rui Silva (Author), Rui Caetano Oliveira (Author), Catarina Eloy (Author), Maria Augusta Cipriano (Author), Lígia P. Castro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour (IMT) is a rare mesenchymal neoplasm that usually originates from abdominal soft tissues. A female patient aged 50 years presented with a 1.2 cm gallbladder polyp. The microscopic study showed spindle cell proliferation in an edematous background rich in...