Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Urinary Bladder: A Case Report

Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Urinary Bladder: A Case Report

An inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a distinctive neoplasm composed of myofibroblastic and fibroblastic spindle cells, accompanied by inflammatory infiltration of plasma cells, lymphocytes, and eosinophils. IMTs rarely occur in the urinary bladder. It is important to distinguish this tumo...

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Main Authors: Toshiki Etani, Taku Naiki, Takashi Nagai, Keitaro Iida, Ryosuke Ando, Aya Naiki-Ito, Noriyasu Kawai, Keiichi Tozawa, Kentaro Mizuno, Atsushi Okada, Tohru Mogami, Takahiro Yasui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2016-08-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
Subjects:
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
Bladder
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase
Vascular endothelial growth factor
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/448550

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