Abstract
BackgroundInflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is an uncommon soft tissue neoplasm rarely reported in the stomach.Case presentationWe identified a tumor highly suggestive of poorly differentiated gastric adenocarcinoma in the lesser curvature of the stomach of a 53-year-old female during screening endoscopy. Although the patient’s gastric biopsy did not reveal cancer, the tumor configuration was strongly suspicious for malignancy, and we performed a gastric wedge resection using a combined laparoscopic and endoscopic method. The lesion was diagnosed as inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor based on its morphological and immunohistological features.ConclusionsInflammatory myofibroblastic tumor should be considered in the differential diagnosis of soft tissue tumors in the stomach. We present a case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor safely treated with combined laparoscopic and endoscopic gastric wedge resection.
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ConclusionsInflammatory myofibroblastic tumor should be considered in the differential diagnosis of soft tissue tumors in the stomach
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is an uncommon soft tissue neoplasm rarely reported in the stomach.Case presentation: We identified a tumor highly suggestive of poorly differentiated gastric adenocarcinoma in the lesser curvature of the stomach of a 53-year-old female during screening endoscopy
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor should be considered in the differential diagnosis of soft tissue tumors in the stomach
Summary
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor should be considered in the differential diagnosis of soft tissue tumors in the stomach.
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