1. Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumours of the Spleen and Liver
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Xiao-Jun Huang, Huan-wei Chen, Ai-Zhen Pan, Wan Yee Lau, Rui-Liang Lu, Feng-Nan Chen, and Eric C. H. Lai
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Adult ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Splenectomy ,lcsh:Surgery ,Spleen ,Gastroenterology ,Granuloma, Plasma Cell ,splenectomy ,Malignant transformation ,hepatectomy ,Internal medicine ,liver neoplasm ,medicine ,Humans ,Neoplasm ,Liver neoplasm ,Splenic Diseases ,inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour ,business.industry ,Liver Diseases ,Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour ,lcsh:RD1-811 ,medicine.disease ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Granuloma ,Female ,Surgery ,Hepatectomy ,business - Abstract
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour (IMT) is a rare neoplasm. Generally, these lesions have a benign behaviour, but the possibility of malignant transformation exists. We report the rare case of a 43-year-old woman with metachronous IMTs in the spleen and the liver. The patient was treated with laparoscopic splenectomy and partial hepatectomy. The patient recovered uneventfully. This case emphasizes the difficulties in diagnosis and the possibility of a metachronous occurrence.
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- 2008
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