Successful Preservation of the Bladder in a Case of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor with the Diagnostic Efficacy of ALK/p80 Immunohistochemistry and FISH Analysis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Successful Preservation of the Bladder in a Case of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor with the Diagnostic Efficacy of ALK/p80 Immunohistochemistry and FISH Analysis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a rare benign entity of unclear etiology. It can present with histological features that include a mixture of spindle cells, myofibroblasts and inflammatory cells. Positive immunohistochemical staining for ALK/p80 is often observed, and this marker has been cons...

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Main Authors: Manabu Kato, Satoru Masui, Hideki Kanda, Kiminobu Arima, Taizo Shiraishi, Yoshiki Sugimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-02-01
Series:Urology Case Reports
Subjects:
Bladder inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
ALK/p80
Fluorescence in situ hybridization
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442016302340

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