Anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour: a case report
Daniel Tong,
Julia Chisholm,
Brendan Madden
et al.
Abstract:Background
Pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour (IMT) is a rare condition that usually presents in young individuals and is associated with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-translocation.
Case presentation
We report a case of an 18-year-old Caucasian man with ALK-translocated pulmonary IMT treated with multimodality therapy. The patient presented with breathlessness and was found to have a collapsed left lung. Further investigations reveal… Show more
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