Metastatic Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Spleen: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Introduction. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) of the spleen are rare neoplasms and only little is known about the origin and behavior of these tumors. Here we report the case of a 37-year-old woman with an atypical spindle cell neoplasm showing features strongly suggesting an IMT of the sp...

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Main Authors: Luca Koechlin, Andreas Zettl, Dieter Koeberle, Markus von Flüe, Martin Bolli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8593242