Pediatric colonic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor presenting as colo-colonic intussusception: A case report and review of the literature

• Main Authors: Jingjing Li Sherman (Author), Armine Darbinyan (Author), Margret S. Magid (Author), Phat Ong (Author), Barry Weissman (Author), Keith Benkov (Author), Aaron M. Lipskar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) are rare tumors of intermediate biologic potential most often reported in children. Histologic characteristics of IMT include spindle cell proliferation with chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate. IMTs can occur anywhere in the body but are most commonly rep...