Unusual Case of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in Maxilla

• Main Authors: Jaana Rautava (Author), Tero Soukka (Author), Esko Peltonen (Author), Petri Nurmenniemi (Author), Markku Kallajoki (Author), Stina Syrjänen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare lesion found mostly in children and young adults and originates from the lung, abdominopelvic region, and retroperitoneum. Clinical manifestations of IMT or imaging are nonspecific and diagnosis is based on histopathological and immunohistochemical...