ALK-1-positive inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the thyroid complicated by Hashimoto's thyroiditis: report of a rare case and a literature review

• Main Authors: Cheng-fang Li (Author), Xing-long Wu (Author), Jin-jing Wang (Author), Kai Wang (Author), Su-yuan Zhang (Author), Jia-jia Huang (Author), Han-zhong Hu (Author), Hong Zheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) of the thyroid are extremely rare soft-tissue tumors. In the literature, IMTs are sometimes called plasma cell granulomas (PCGs) or inflammatory pseudotumors, which often causes ambiguity. To date, 17 cases of PCGs and five cases of thyr...