Intraoral Presentation of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor (Pseudotumor) at the Site of Dental Extraction: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Abstract

First described in 1905 by Birch-Hirschfield, inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are benign tumors of unknown etiology. 1 Shek A.W.H. Wu P.C. Samman N. Inflammatory pseudotumour of the mouth and maxilla. J Clin Pathol. 1996; 49: 164 Crossref PubMed Scopus (48) Google Scholar , 2 Som P.M. Brandwein M.S. Maldjian C. et al. Inflammatory pseudotumour of the maxillary sinus: CT and MR findings in six cases. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1994; 163: 689 Crossref PubMed Scopus (96) Google Scholar , 3 De Vuysere S. Hermans R. Sciot R. et al. Extraorbital inflammatory pseudotumour of the head and neck: CT and MR findings in three patients. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1999; 20: 1133 PubMed Google Scholar Originally termed “pseudotumors” because of the clinical and radiologic expansile similarity to malignant tumors, they were renamed by the World Health Organization in 1994. The distinction between inflammatory myofibroblastic and malignant tumors is of paramount clinical importance. We report a case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor occurring at the site of dental extraction.