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Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Lung and the Maxillary Region : A Benign Lesion with Aggressive Behavior
Joint Authors
Santamarta, Tania R.
Blanco, Verónica
Gallego, Lorena
García-Consuegra, Luis
Cutilli, Tommaso
Manuel Junquera Gutierrez, L.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-03-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare mass-forming lesion characterized by fibroblastic or myofibroblastic spindle cell proliferation with varying degrees of inflammatory cell infiltration.
Although it has been reported in virtually every organ in the body, the lung is the most common site of involvement.
Extrapulmonary IMTs, although rare, have been reported and are characterized by different, more aggressive behavior.
We report an extremely rare case of maxillary metastases of pulmonary IMT.
Lung IMT was initially misdiagnosed, and oral lesion mimicked clinically and radiologically a radicular cyst.
On histologic examination, cells exhibited diffuse and intense immunoreactivity for α-smooth muscle actin and vimentin whereas both pulmonary and oral IMTs presented absence of cellular atypia and lack of expressivity of oncogenic determinants.
Distant metastases of lung IMT are extremely unusual, and this is the first report to our knowledge with this particular clinical course.
Despite the possibility that the present case could also represent a metachronous multifocal IMT, with pulmonary and extrapulmonary lesions, similar histopathological and immunohistochemical patterns in lung and maxillary region suggest a metastatic course.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gallego, Lorena& Santamarta, Tania R.& Blanco, Verónica& García-Consuegra, Luis& Cutilli, Tommaso& Manuel Junquera Gutierrez, L.. 2013. Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Lung and the Maxillary Region : A Benign Lesion with Aggressive Behavior. Case Reports in Dentistry،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gallego, Lorena…[et al.]. Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Lung and the Maxillary Region : A Benign Lesion with Aggressive Behavior. Case Reports in Dentistry No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Gallego, Lorena& Santamarta, Tania R.& Blanco, Verónica& García-Consuegra, Luis& Cutilli, Tommaso& Manuel Junquera Gutierrez, L.. Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Lung and the Maxillary Region : A Benign Lesion with Aggressive Behavior. Case Reports in Dentistry. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-505680
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-505680