Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor masquerading as perforated appendicitis

• Egile Nagusiak: Ioanna Mazotas (Egilea), Christopher D. Hughes (Egilea), Carissa A. Webster-Lake (Egilea), Shefali Thaker (Egilea), Richard Weiss (Egilea), Meghna V. Misra (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Elsevier, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare and histologically benign tumor that most commonly presents in pediatric patients. Abdominal IMTs often present with non-specific symptoms, and therefore they can masquerade as other more common abdominal conditions. This report describes two cases...