2024
DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1461205
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Imaging findings of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of sigmoid colon: literature review and case report

Xianwen Hu,
Wei Zhao,
Ronghua Yu
et al.

Abstract: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is an intermediate tumor composed of differentiated myofibroblastic spindle cells with inflammatory cell infiltration. It can occur in all parts of the body, with the lungs being the most common, while the tissues outside the lungs, including the sigmoid colon, are rare. Herein, we present a case of a 10-year-old girl with sigmoid IMT who presented to our hospital with abdominal pain. An abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed a well-defined, slightly low-density ma… Show more

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