Year 2016 / Volume 108 / Number 1
Letter to the Editor
Hemoperitoneum secondary to perforated inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: A case report of an unusual complication

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2015.3893/2015

Rafael Cholvi Calduch, María Carmen Fernández Moreno, María Díaz-Tobarra, Julio Calvete Chornet,

Abstract
Introduction: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) are rare neoplasms characterized by a proliferation of spindle-shaped cells with a stroma infiltrated by macrophages, lymphocytes and plasma cells. Case report: We report a case of 59 years old male who presented an acute abdomen due to a mass of the mesentery of the terminal ileum, which was perforated with active bleeding. Histopathology reported a low-grade TMI with clear margins. Discussion: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors of the mesentery are rare entities whose etio-pathogenia remains unclear. It requires a histopathological diagnosis and inmunohistochemical evaluation and its treatment is based on complete resection of the tumor. These type of neoplasms require close monitoring due to local recurrence.
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Cholvi Calduch R, Fernández Moreno M, Díaz-Tobarra M, Calvete Chornet J. Hemoperitoneum secondary to perforated inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: A case report of an unusual complication. 3893/2015


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Publication history

Received: 16/06/2015

Accepted: 30/06/2015

Online First: 23/11/2015

Published: 30/12/2015

Article revision time: 11 days

Article Online First time: 160 days

Article editing time: 197 days


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