ALK-positive gastric inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in an adult with familial adenomatous polyposis and diffuse fundic polyposis

Abstract Background Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the stomach is extremely rare in adults and exhibits a variable biological behavior that ranges from frequently benign lesions to more aggressive variants. Here we report a case of gastric IMT with lymph node metastasis in an adult who...

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Main Authors: Jun Fan, Bo Huang, Xiuping Yang, Ming Yang, Jun He, Xiu Nie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Diagnostic Pathology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13000-017-0645-0