Gastric inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare tumor with and
unpredictable prognosis usually find in young adults. We present an 18-yearold
man with gastric IMT. He complained of epigastric pain, intermittent fever
and night sweating associated with weight loss since two years ago. Physical
examination showed anemic and cachestic features with mild abdominal tenderness
in palpitation as well as an abdominal mass in epigastrium. Abdominal
CT scan revealed a huge mass that was arising from the stomach. Upper endoscopy
revealed a submucosal lesion in fundus of stomach of approximately
8cm. Endoscopic ultrasound showed a large sub-mucosal non homogenous
fundal mass with areas of calcification. The patient underwent laparoscopic
partial gastrectomy. Histopathologyand immunohistochemistryevaluation revealed
an IMT.
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