Rare Gastric Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in an Adult Woman : A Case Report with Review of the Literature

Abstract EN

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the stomach is extremely rare and its prognosis is unpredictable.

We present a 37-year-old woman with a gastric IMT.

She presented epigastric pain since 2 months, anemia and weight loss associated.

Physical examination showed cutaneous pallor and mild abdominal tenderness in the epigastrium.

Abdominal ultrasonography showed a tumor near the pancreas and the CT scan revealed that the lesion was arising from the stomach.

Upper endoscopy showed a submucosal lesion of approximately 7.5 cm located in the posterior wall of the gastric body such as a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).

The patient underwent a subtotal gastrectomy and Billroth I reconstruction.

The histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis revealed an IMT that originated from the gastric wall.